Westfair Business Journal, May 6, 2024

Boriskin to transform Copland House

By Georgette Gouvei a / ggouveia@westfairinc.com

Michael Boriskin, artistic and executive director of Copland House. Photograph by Alison Bert.

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

Taxwhenresponsibilities closing a business

BY Norm Grill

Businesses shut down for many reasons, including owner’s retirement, lease expiration, stafng shortages, partner conficts and increased supply costs. Regardless of the reason, if you have decided to close your business, you face various tax obligations.

TAX RETURN AND FORMS

A fnal income tax return and related forms must be fled for the year of closing. The correct return to fle depends on the type of business. Here is a rundown of the requirements:

• Sole proprietorships. You must fle the usual Schedule C, “Proft or Loss from Business” form with your individual return for the year of closing. You may also need to report self-employment tax.

• A partnership must fle Form 1065, “U.S. Return of Partnership Income,” for the year of closing and report capital gains and losses on Schedule D. Indicate that this is the fnal return and do the same on Schedules K-1, “Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.”

• All corporations. Form 966, “Corporate Dissolution or Liquidation,” must be fled if you adopt a resolution or plan to dissolve a corporation or liquidate any of its stock.

• C corporations. File Form 1120, “S. Corporate Income Tax Return,” for the year of closing. Report capital gains and losses on Schedule D. Indicate this is the fnal return.

• S corporations. File Form 1120-S, “S. Income Tax Return for an S Corporation” for the year of closing. Report capital gains and losses on Schedule D. The “fnal return” box must be checked on Schedule K-1.

• All businesses. If you sell your business, other forms may need to be fled to report the sales.

WORKER-RELATED DUTIES

Businesses with employees must pay the fnal wages and compensation owed, make fnal federal tax deposits and report employment taxes. Failure to withhold or deposit all employment taxes due can result in severe penalties. Generally, payments of $600 or more to contractors during the calendar year of closure must be reported on Form 1099-NEC, “Nonemployee Compensation.”

MORE TAX ISSUES TO CONSIDER

The list of tax issues related to closing a business is long and often complex, and you may need to be guided through the steps. For example, a business that has an employee retirement plan will need to terminate the plan and distribute the benefts to participants. Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts must also be terminated. There may be debt cancellation issues to wrestle with. Other possibilities include dealing with net operating losses, passive activity losses, depreciation recapture and possible bankruptcy issues. You need to be aware of how long to retain business records. And fnally, you may need to know how to navigate payment options if your business is unable to pay the remaining taxes owed.

This column is for information only and should not be considered advice. Closing a business typically brings up a lot of tax and other issues. To navigate them successfully, consider working with knowledgeable legal and tax professionals.

Simmons says Stamford has become “innovative metropolis”

By Justin McGown / jmcgown@westfairinc.com

Four Star Point once again served as the venue for Mayor Caroline Simmon’s State of the City Address. The recently renovated space features high-end ofce space with all the latest amenities, across a canal from what remains an industrial center in the heart of Stamford.

“A lot has happened since we were last here together,” Simmons said as she addressed the crowd, consisting primarily of members of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce. “We've had an earthquake, a once in a generation solar eclipse, and the UCONN Huskies have won their second national championship in a row.”

Apart from those stand-out events Simmons placed an emphasis on statistics to depict the city as following a trajectory of steady growth and continued improvement.

“I’m here to tell you that the state of our city remains strong and vibrant. We’ve weathered a global pandemic and have bounced back stronger than ever,” Simmons said. “Despite some of the lingering challenges we continue on a path of growth, sound fscal footing, and economic vitality.”

“Just listen to some of these statistics,” Simmons continued. “Stamford remains the fastest growing city in our state, the only city of the large cities in Connecticut to have a AAA bond rating, and last year Stamford generated a $15 million surplus. Over the past two years our grand list grew from $22 billion to $27 billion, making Stamford’s grand list the second highest in the state.”

According to Simmons the city’s mill rate is also on the verge of decreasing to 24 percent, among the lowest of any large city in the state. She also touted a drop in the commercial vacancy rates from 33 percent to 28 percent. Ground foor retail occupancy rates hit 96 percent while apartment occupancy stands at 94 percent.

Over 2,000 new businesses opened in the city, Simmons said, running through a list of “best of” rankings that included Stamford.

“These statistics represent more than just numbers. There is tangible evidence that Stamford is the heart of our state’s economy and a

regional economic engine,” Simmons said. “But the success of our city is based on more than just numbers and rankings. It’s based on our residents.”

“My goal is to make Stamford a city of opportunity for everyone,” Simmons continued. “A place where all feel welcome and included whether you’re a new immigrant to this country, a recent college graduate starting your career, or residents who want to stay in the city that they’ve called home their entire life. I want all residents to have the ability to pursue their dreams, and to trust that government will respond to their needs and enhance their quality of life.”

Simmons made the case that the city’s extensive infrastructure projects would allow her to deliver on that promise. Doubling the rate of road paving, 14 sidewalk improvement programs in place around each of the city’s schools, and 20 pilot studies in pedestrian safety were cited as examples.

She also drew a contrast between a divisive political environment and the city’s work, pointing to literal bridge building projects with repairs and upgrades for the West Main Street, Lakeside, Cedar Heights, and High Road bridges.

The mayor expressed her pride in the city for receiving a $17 million grant to create the Mill River Greenway, a 12-foot-wide mixed-use corridor for pedestrians and bikers linking the Stamford Transportation Center and the heart of Downtown. This new space will be built alongside improvements to facilities city wide, particularly with investment in parks, and upgrading hundreds of streetlamps with LEDs.

Simmons also noted the fipside of the high occupancy rate and the city’s apparent desirability: housing afordability remains a persistent issue in Stamford and the region at large.

“One of the most pressing economic issues that Stamford and cities across the country are facing is the need for more afordable housing,” Simmons told the audience. “Rents and mortgage rates are at an all-time high, our shelters are at capacity, and we're seeing growing homelessness in our community and across the country. In fact, housing has been identifed as the third highest community health need in Stamford, and we have a moral obligation to do something about this and make sure that everyone has a roof over their head.”

“That is why I signed our city's frst executive order on afordable housing. with the goal of creating or renovating 1,000 new afordable units by 2025. And we're making progress towards this goal, as 665 units have been constructed or are in the pipeline for completion.”

Simmons stressed that those eforts also require changes to regulations that will ease the process of launching both residential and commercial development so that housing and business opportunities can grow at similar paces.

The mayor deemed a number of initiatives she launched successful, from a streamlined permitting system and expanded hours for interfacing with it to the Mayor’s Youth Employment Program, the Mayor’s Microgrant Program and improvements to the city’s 911 dispatch center.

Simmons

thanked her entire staf, the city’s citizens and businesses, frst responders, and volunteers for contributing to Stamford’s forward momentum.

“In closing, I am humbled and energized as I think about how far we have come as a city. From a colonial settlement to a quiet farming community, to a powerful industrial and manufacturing center, to an innovative metropolis,” Simmons said in closing. “We keep moving forward. We don't just settle for the status quo in Stanford. We innovate and adapt to meet the moment, and address the critical needs of our residents. This is our moment to meet these challenges, and to work together to ensure Stanford is a city of opportunity for everyone.”

“My goal is to make Stamford a city of opportunity for everyone.”

- Mayor Caroline Simmon’s

Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons takes the stage to deliver her 2024 State of the City.

Photo by Justin McGown.

Sacred Heart University President weighs in on value of balanced education

By Justin McGown / jmcgown@westfairinc.com

University presidents from across the country gathered online for a round table discussion with journalists on the night of April 25. They spoke about some of the most pressing issues facing institutions of higher learning in an era where both technological developments and a shifting political landscape threaten to radically change both the perceived goals and value of a college degree.

John Petillo, president of Sacred Heart University in Fairfeld was among the academic leaders who shared their views during the meeting, with an emphasis on strategic matters. Although student encampments demanding colleges and universities disclose and divest from Israel and arms manufacturers had already sprung up across the country, the issue had not yet come to a head with police mobilizations and mass arrests of students as occurred on the night of April 30.

Chris Lynne, the president of the University of Phoenix led the conversation and began by discussing the disruptive potential of generative artifcial intelligence, which is what is typically meant by mentions of “AI.”

“Arguably the most noticeable change in both the workforce and higher education has been the onset of generative AI,” Lynne said in order to prompt conversation. “In fact, McKinsey Global updated its projections with generative AI, predicting that 30 percent of the workforce is likely to be displaced by 2030 due to automation or AI.”

Lynne noted that low-income students, who make up a large portion of his university’s enrollment, could be particularly hard hit. He said that the McKinsey study indicated that low wage workers could face an impact up to 14 times higher than average. He used these facts to seek insight from the gathered presidents and educational leaders about what impact they foresee on the perceived value of education from trends in AI and employment.

Petillo pushed back on the idea that the value of a degree is always measurable, though he allowed as a representative of a private institution he doesn’t need to make the case to politicians.

“I just want to make sure we don’t fall into what the press always likes

to ask, ‘is it worth it?’ In terms of the skill,” Petillo said. “Because I think we do need to still consider the ability to think critically, to analyze, to appreciate context.”

“I get concerned that we’re just becoming technical schools,” Petillo added. “I think we have to be more encompassing and place everything in context.”

“Hatred doesn’t have a context,” Petillo said by way of example, “but we need to understand what the origins of hatred are and how they have changed over the centuries.”

The issue of balancing the need for material returns on a signifcant fnancial investment such as a degree and the mission of academia to produce not just trained workers but an educated populace that can think and consider complex problems was at the core of much of the discussion.

Asked directly how to balance those elements Petillo said that it often comes down to partnerships.

“It’s a partnership with corporations that come to us and say: ‘Well, it’s nice that they know how to be nurses, they know how to be physical therapists, they know how to be accountants, but I’m not sure that they know how to think well,’” Petillo said. “We need to let (students) show us that they can be analytical in their approach and place it in context.”

Petillo noted that many students at Sacred Heart engage in a surprising amount of community service, often dedicated to assisting residents of inner-city Bridgeport. This helps them display to potential employers both their passion and their ability to use the reasoning they’ve learned at Sacred Heart in real world situations.

David Wu, president of Baruch College of the City University of New York agreed with Petillo about the importance of producing not just well trained but well-rounded individuals.

“We do this very intentionally,” Wu explained. “The frst two years our students, business major or otherwise spend almost the entire time of their curriculum on science and the liberal arts education. In our view this is critical for their critical thinking skills and frankly business is in many ways a social science. You have to learn how to interact in the

social sense and develop the understanding and historic context of a broader knowledge base.”

Wu added that Baruch students are strongly encouraged to visit the many museums of New York City and take advantage of the discounts ofered by their student IDs, and that many of his school’s students are pursuing business courses in support of another passion.

“Some of the best theater students are also business students because that’s a tremendous skill for them, to learn how to do a theater production and at the same time become a marketing major. These are very complementary skills,” said Wu.

Petillo also expressed support for the expansion of learning and support outside the traditional classroom, and that there is a role for a university to play even after graduation and to provide lifelong learning.

“We are starting an ‘encore’ program for those who are close to retirement that want to get involved

with continuing learning again in the liberal arts, and also be a model for our students. It’s much more than just sitting in the classroom.”

“The continuing use of career services is very important,” Petillo said. “We’ve seen a rapid growth in certifcates that can be helpful. And, to get back to partnerships, getting alumni to not just make donations but also to help with paid internships and placement in careers. It’s an ongoing process.”

“We need to let (students) show us that they can be analytical in their approach and place it in context.”

- John Petllio

Sacred Heart University President John Petllio. Image courtesy Sacred Heart University.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNER

We’ve seen explosive growth—and we’re just getting started. From the semiconductor industry to craf beverage manufacturing, Dutchess County is home to hundreds of Fortune 500 companies—for good reason. Business in Dutchess County taps into top talent, attractive operating costs, close proximity to NYC, and a thriving lifestyle—not to mention rolling hills and picturesque vineyards. Come join us.

FAIRFIELD: A SOUND CHOICE FOR BUSINESS

With its highly skilled workforce and two outstanding private universities, Fairfeld is the ideal choice for businesses seeking a deep talent pool. Just 50 miles from New York City, Fairfeld afords easy access to I-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, Fairfeld possesses a nationally ranked school system and an enviable quality of life. Consistently identifed as one of the best places to live, Fairfeld has a strong and diverse economy with more than 3,000 businesses.

Within a 25-mile radius of Fairfeld’s vibrant and walkable downtown, companies can draw upon a population of more than 500,000. Over 62 percent of Fairfeld residents have college or advanced degrees, and Fairfeld boasts more management, fnance and IT professionals per capita than even New York City. And, with a combined enrollment of more than 13,000 students, Fairfeld and Sacred Heart universities provide access to the rising talent that knowledge-based companies covet.

Attracting top talent demands amenity rich, vibrant environments that integrate work with modern life. Fairfeld afords employers and employees alike with urban-style amenities in a suburban setting. Fairfeld is one of the few places that the beach, train station and downtown are all within walking distance of one another. Fairfeld’s bustling downtown is home to a nascent arts scene, centered on the Fairfeld Theater Company and newly restored Sacred Heart University Community Theater, as well as charming shops and boutique stores. With over 200 local eating spots, Fairfeld is a popular destination for foodies. Coupled with more than fve miles of shoreline 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 onsite parking requirements in recognition of the availability of mass transit. This focus on transit-oriented development has already spurred new investment activity, with 650,000 square feet of mixed-use devel-

opment, including 350 residential units constructed within the past few years. Another 400+ units are in construction or approved to be built.

The town’s Economic Development Department ofers 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 Fair f ield Department of Economic and Community Development at 203 - 256 - 3120 or mbarnhart@ fair f ieldct.org.

How many developers, businesses and commercial Realtors located in southern Westchester and New York City are aware of a hidden gem nestled along the Hudson River, less than an hour train ride from midtown? Probably not many. So now is the time to visit and learn more about this gem: the town of Cortlandt. Cortlandt is where life works at home, work and play and it is prime for investment. Commercial space is often available with twice the space at half the cost. A willing, educated and diverse workforce is nearby. Cortlandt possesses a lifestyle second to none. With an average household income of $119,000 and an average age of 41.7 years, Cortlandt is a ripe market for all types of goods and services.

Cortlandt completed an award-winning

Cortlandt…Where Life Works

Sustainable Master Plan focused on economic development that emphasized future trends of employment. Strategic areas for economic growth were targeted: A Transit Oriented District centered around one of Cortlandt’s two Metro-North stations; a Medical Oriented District around New York Presbyterian - Hudson Valley Hospital; Cortlandt Boulevard, a major corridor that carries 18,000 cars per day pass numerous retail, ofce and service businesses; and the Waterfront Sustainability District ofering multiple opportunities to create a recreational/cultural presence. Each district has a strategic magnet, yet plenty of opportunity in surrounding undeveloped or under-developed properties – some owned by the town, which is seeking public/private partnerships.

Town Supervisor Richard Becker is fully

committed to making sure Cortlandt is where life works for your business. Since taking ofce in January 2022, he has instituted improvements to the permit process and made several zoning changes to promote economic activity. The town recently streamlined the Planning Board process by employing an outside consultant. Recent zoning code amendments provide a broader interpretation, allowing the conversion of an existing building to a diferent use with only a building permit. Supervisor Becker’s open-door policy welcomes entrepreneurs, small business and commercial developers.

A prime consideration is the town’s fscal integrity and commitment to economic growth. Over the past 32 years, Cortlandt has tripled its reserve fund and maintained low property taxes. More than $160 million

is committed to capital projects to enhance infrastructure.

Cortlandt encompasses 40 square miles, 15 miles of riverfront, over 40 recreational sites, a major shopping corridor, targeted enclaves of small businesses and friendly residential neighborhoods. It is a 35-minute drive to two commercial airports, has two Metro-North stations, an Amtrak station and major highways.

Cortlandt truly is where life works. What works for you? Let Cortlandt know and our team will turn your vision into reality. We want your business here.

For information contact George Oros, Cortlandt Economic Development Coordinator at (914) 522-6774; email goros@ townofcortlandt.com or visit: wherelifeworkscortlandt.com/

THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT IS WHERE LIFE WORKS AT HOME, WORK AND PLAY... AND IT IS PRIME FOR INVESTMENT!

Commercial space is often available with twice the space at half the cost, along with access to a highly educated and diverse workforce as well as a location near major transportaation. Cortlandt is committed to aiding investors and entrepreneurs through a streamlined approval process.

WHAT WORKS FOR YOU?

Four Strategic Areas for Growth

In all, there are four strategic areas of potential economic growth,based on Cortlandt’s award winning Sustainable Master Plan.

The Master plan focuses on trends for the future of employment, such as work from home options and co-work spaces in order to reduce commute times, reduce negative impacts on the environment and attract a new talented workforce.

For more information on how the Town of Cortlandt can help bring your business and investment here contact: George Oros, Town of Cortlandt, Economic Development Coordinator at goros@townofcortlandt.com

If you are looking to locate, expand or relocate your business, Cortlandt is the smart choice. Cortlandt is where life works…for your employees, your customers and your business.” - Supervisor Dr. Richard Becker

CELBRATING GREENWICH PARTNER INSIGHTS

Gaudio. “ Tey love their animals and feel strongly about them. We want to work with people like that.”

Passion for People

First Bank of Greenwich builds community Fairfield and Westchester counties with services tailored to empower customers.

Frank J. Gaudio, President and CEO

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A Passion for People

replace human interaction, Te First Bank of Greenwich invests in community and personalizing the banking experience above all.

Banking to Build Community

A Passion for People

In response, the Bank is launching a new high yield Pet Savings Account. It’s a debit card that can be used by “pet parents” to care for their beloved pets, by saving money for vet appointments or other pet expenses.

“We think of ideas like this to get compassionate people to Bank with us, and we want to support their passion,” explains Gaudio.

As a community bank, the team tailors its services based on the interactions they have with customers each day. From creating a Pet Saving Account for pet owners to advocating for fnancial literacy, the team is encouraged by the passions of their customers’.

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“We take care of every customer equally, no matter what a customer’s profession is or how big their account is,” says Gaudio. “We enjoy customers who believe in something. Teir passion makes me want to work harder and gives me energy to help them do what they’re best at. It’s the synergy that makes us both successful.”

Art of Community

It’s not hard to spot someone passionate about their pet. Whether their dog or cat is the lock screen on their phone or in their social media profle picture, their passion isn’t missed by the Bank.

As for Gaudio, one key passion is the local music and art scenes.

Te Bank’s customer centric service not only keeps customers feeling cared for, but secure knowing that people they trust are monitoring their accounts for fraud.

“People with pets are often very compassionate,” says Gaudio. “ Tey love their animals and feel strongly about them. We want to work with people like that.”

It’s not hard to spot someone passionate about their pet. Whether their dog or cat is the lock screen on their phone or in their social media profle picture, their passion isn’t missed by the Bank.

“People with pets are often very compassionate,” says Gaudio. “ Tey love their animals and feel strongly about them. We want to work with people like that.”

In response, the Bank is launching a new high yield Pet Savings Account. It’s a debit card that can be used by “pet parents” to care for their beloved pets, by saving money for vet appointments or other pet expenses.

“The first thing I did when I joined the team was put together a monthly art event,” says Gaudio. “We’d convert the Bank at night into a local art exhibit with live music. I’d pay for the food, drinks, invitations, and a piece of art from each artist to hang at the branch.”

“We know everyone who banks with us and have systems in place to alert them if we notice something suspicious on their account,” says Gaudio. “Tey don’t get an automated message; they get a call from someone they know and trust if suspicious activity is spotted.”

In response, the Bank is launching a new high yield Pet Savings Account. It’s a debit card that can be used by “pet parents” to care for their beloved pets, by saving money for vet appointments or other pet expenses.

For Community, By Community

“We think of ideas like this to get compassionate people to Bank with us, and we want to support their passion,” explains Gaudio.

Perhaps the largest answer to the Bank’s success lies in its diverse and growing 450+ person Advisory Board carefully built from trusted community members that includes everyone from musicians to medics, service industry workers to CEOs.

The Art of Community

“We think of ideas like this to get compassionate people to Bank with us, and we want to support their passion,” explains Gaudio.

As for Gaudio, one key passion is the local music and art scenes.

The Art of Community

Music is a staple of the Bank’s events. Whether the performers are kids from Project Music—a local nonproft they support—a jazz singer at an outdoor concert series, or a rock band at a gallery opening, the events bring the community together.

In addition to providing insight on where to get involved to best help the community prosper, the Advisory Board acts as a resource for other customers and community members who can beneft from their expertise. If a customer needs an attorney or tax advisor, it’s likely someone on the Advisory Board can help.

As for Gaudio, one key passion is the local music and art scenes.

The First Bank of Greenwich builds community across Fairfield and Westchester counties with services tailored to empower customers.

“The first thing I did when I joined the team was put together a monthly art event,” says Gaudio. “We’d convert the Bank at night into a local art exhibit with live music. I’d pay for the food, drinks, invitations, and a piece of art from each artist to hang at the branch.”

The First Bank of Greenwich builds community

The First Bank of Greenwich empowers individuals and organizations throughout Fairfield and Westchester counties with products and services tailored to help customers to pursue their passions.

When someone visits the Cos Cob branch, they’re greeted on the foor by Tellers, Assistant Managers, the Manager of Retail Operations, and President and CEO Frank Gaudio himself, who afer 13 years leading the Bank still feels most in his element interacting with customers.

While some Banks invest in technology to replace human interaction, Te First Bank of Greenwich invests in community and personalizing the banking experience above all.

W“Our Advisory Board represents the core of the Bank, and with a strong core comes a strong body,” says Gaudio. “We’re successful because we’re surrounded by smart, passionate people. Tey empower me as much as I try to empower them.”

“Passion is what I live for,” says Gaudio. “If I see that passion in art or on someone’s face, I want to support it.”

“The first thing I did when I joined the team was put together a monthly art event,” says Gaudio. “We’d convert the Bank at night into a local art exhibit with live music. I’d pay for the food, drinks, invitations, and a piece of art from each artist to hang at the branch.”

Music is a staple of the Bank’s events. Whether the performers are kids from Project Music—a local nonproft they support—a jazz singer at an outdoor concert series, or a rock band at a gallery opening, the events bring the community together.

Community is what shapes Te First Bank of Greenwich. Led by President and CEO Frank Gaudio, the Bank is an anchor and partner for communities across Fair feld and Westchester counties, empowering the region’s businesses, nonprofts, and anyone else making their community a better place to live.

“Passion is what I live for,” says Gaudio. “If I see that passion in art or on someone’s face, I want to support it.”

Music is a staple of the Bank’s events. Whether the performers are kids from Project Music—a local nonproft they support—a jazz singer at an outdoor concert series, or a rock band at a gallery opening, the events bring the community together.

“We want to know the communities we serve,” says Gaudio. “We do this by getting to know the people coming into the Bank and listening to who they are and what they’re going through. If we understand their needs and what they’re excited about, we can develop programs to meet them where they are.”

hile some Banks invest in technology to replace human interaction, Te First Bank of Greenwich invests in community and personalizing the banking experience above all.

When someone visits the Cos Cob branch, they’re greeted on the foor by Tellers, Assistant Managers, the Manager of Retail Operations, and President and CEO Frank Gaudio himself, who afer 13 years leading the Bank still feels most in his element interacting with customers.

“Passion is what I live for,” says Gaudio. “If I see that passion in art or on someone’s face, I want to support it.”

At a time when many national banks are closing local branches and cutting costs by replacing human interaction with automated voice systems, Gaudio has found success through understanding and caring that no amount of AI can replicate.

When someone visits the Cos Cob branch, they’re greeted on the foor by Tellers, Assistant Managers, the Manager of Retail Operations, and President and CEO Frank Gaudio himself, who afer 13 years leading the Bank still feels most in his element interacting with customers.

“Customers aren’t just numbers to us, they’re friends and neighbors,” says Gaudio. “When you care about someone, you want to fnd out what’s going on in their life. I want to know when a customer’s mother passes away or if their child is graduating so that I know to send fowers and cards. I don’t do this because they’re customers, I do it so they know they matter.”

“We want to know the communities we serve,” says Gaudio. “We do this by getting to know the people coming into the Bank and listening to who they are and what they’re going through. If we understand their needs and what they’re excited about, we can develop programs to meet them where they are.”

While Gaudio is certainly one-of-a-kind, his interest in community is refected in the employees surrounding him. Teir experience and desire to make a diference in the lives of customers has to equal his.

“We want to know the communities we serve,” says Gaudio. “We do this by getting to know the people coming into the Bank and listening to who they are and what they’re going through. If we understand their needs and what they’re excited about, we can develop programs to meet them where they are.”

It’s these personal relationships that separate the Community Bank from national chains. Both ofer similar products, but one comes with a culture of service shaped by friends and neighbors. Te people working at our three Bank branches live where they serve, so when their customers thrive, so do their neighborhoods.

It’s these personal relationships that separate the Community Bank from national chains. Both ofer similar products, but one comes with a culture of service shaped by friends and neighbors. Te people working at our three Bank branches live where they serve, so when their customers thrive, so do their neighborhoods.

“It’s in our DNA to help one another,” says Gaudio. “If someone comes to us, we want to know what they’re going through to learn how we can help. Whether it’s a widow who never had a checking account or a new business in need of a loan, we’re here to connect them with the resources they need to fnd success.”

Bank with Passion

Whether someone is excited about their business, charity, family, or pet, Gaudio and the Bank’s team meet that passion with a desire to help them grow, knowing that their success will improve the economy and quality of their community.

“I want to attract people to the Bank who are passionate about something,” says Gaudio. “We take the time to hire quality individuals who support the culture we’ve created with skill and a customer-centric, solution-oriented approach. If someone has a need, we’ll fnd an answer.”

It’s these personal relationships that separate the Community Bank from national chains. Both ofer similar products, but one comes with a culture of service shaped by friends and neighbors. Te people working at our three Bank branches live where they serve, so when their customers thrive, so do their neighborhoods.

“I want to attract people to the Bank who are passionate about something,” says Gaudio. “We take the time to hire quality individuals who support the culture we’ve created with skill and a customer-centric, solution-oriented approach. If someone has a need, we’ll fnd an answer.”

“I want to attract people to the Bank who are passionate about something,” says Gaudio. “We take the time to hire quality individuals who support the culture we’ve created with skill and a customer-centric, solution-oriented approach. If someone has a need, we’ll fnd an answer.”

WHAT I CONSIDERED WHEN CHOOSING A MEMORY CARE FACILITY

By Sharon Parker, Marketing Consultant, Alzheimer’s Advocate, Entrepreneur

Choosing a memory care facility for your loved one isn’t on anyone’s bucket list. It’s not something you dream about, post on Pinterest or browse senior citizen magazines to learn more about. Until you have to.

My husband was in his early 50s when he was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. After several years and his progressive decline, I realized I could no longer care for or provide him with safety at home. It was a devastating and isolating experience. He was my best friend and con fdante yet as his executive functioning was failing, we could not make this decision together. This topic was not a conversation that came up with girlfriends or causally at dinner conversations. Friends were talking about children, colleges, empty nesting and travel. My husband passed at the age of 61. Since then, I have been working with Alzheimer’s in a variety of roles. There are more options and more advisors today to help guide you. Here are some lessons I have learned.

Make a Practical Checklist

Location, sta f ng, meals, cost, activities, medication and medical, assistance with activities with daily living. What is included in the monthly fee and what is extra? Include questions about the longevity of sta f, including the executive director, nursing sta f and aides. If there has been a lot of turnovers, dig into the reasons.

Focus on Socialization

Socialization is the aspect I f nd most people overlook. How will your loved one ft into the community? Will my loved one f nd friends in the community? Dig deeper into the activities and question how they are structured. What if your loved one enjoys a speci fc activity? How will they

be allowed to continue the activity?

Imagine your loved one “ftting in” to this new home. It will become their “home” and the other residents their “neighbors.” Don’t be overly concerned about the place being comfortable for you to visit. In retrospect f nding the right place was about his comfort, not mine.

I wish I had visited the communities more often prior to my selection to see what day-to-day life was like in the community. How often were aides involved in engaging with the residents? How often were they sitting around passively watching TV? How did the residents interact with each other? Were they interacting with their “buddies?” I recall a time when my husband was living with me at home and one of our neighbors also had dementia. Walking our dog one day, that neighbor motioned to us to come and sit with him in the yard. He ofered us a glass of wine. The two guys started talking and laughing and I had no idea what they were talking about. Another neighbor came by and started speaking German, joining in the socialization. The three of them were having a great time communicating in a language that was foreign to me. That afternoon, my perception changed of what socialization could be in the changing world of memory impairment.

Listening and Adapting: It’s Not About You — It’s About Them

Unfortunately, I had to move my husband several times to f nd the best ft for him. Although his verbal and executive functioning skills were compromised by the disease, he was still able to communicate through his eyes, his gestures, his heart and his meta language. He communicated in a special language he invented, and I needed to adapt.

In the past years of working with a memory

care community and the Alzheimer’s Association, I have seen many people with memory impairment form new friendships. I have watched the “loner” come into a community sad and distracted only to f nd them weeks later engaging with a new friend or f nding joy in an engaging activity. The conversations may not be about the stock market or politics or even their children. The connections are real and have been stored in their brains and their bodies through gestures, movement and feelings.

The journey with your loved one through memory impairment is not easy. Remember it is the person, not the disease. Seek the person. Who are they today? What do they see? Join them in a new relationship. The challenge is to f nd a community that ticks the boxes and more importantly provides an environment promoting dignity, joy and engagement for your loved one. Make sure the community’s priority is getting to know your loved one and provide them with a daily journey that feels like home.

Tanglewood Shopping Center seeks to add restaurant drive-up

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

UB Tanglewood LLC, which is based in Greenwich and owns the Tanglewood Shopping Center in Yonkers wants to add a satellite restaurant facility with a drive-up window. It intends to lease the new space to Dunkin’ Donuts. Which’ already is a tenant in the shopping center at 2248 Central Park Ave. The project has an estimated cost of $1.3 million.

William Null of the White Plainsbased law frm Cuddy & Feder represents UB Tanglewood LLC and told the Yonkers Planning Board that no lease had been secured with Dunkin’ for the new building as of late March.

The new building would be 1,600 square feet, scaled down from a previous proposal for a 2.200-squarefoot building.

“The property is improved with the main Tanglewood Shopping Center building occupied by AutoZone, the anchor-tenant, among other tenants,” Null said. “In addition, there is a satellite commercial building situated along Crisfeld Street.” Null said that the new building would have a small area for use by diners and people not using the drive-up window who are picking up takeout orders. Drivers would enter a queueing line near the easterly property line and then move in a westerly direction toward the driveup window.

When Yonkers planning staf reviewed the proposal, they noted the drive-up area is immediately adjacent to residences and called for the applicant to provide details on the loudness of the loudspeaker that will be used in the ordering system as well as demonstrate what will be done to mitigate any potential noise impact on the adjacent property.

When Copland House at Bluestone Farm, the planned Brewster arts center, celebrates its partial opening mid-2025, it will mark not only another marquee attraction on the I-684 cultural corridor that includes the Katonah Museum of Art and neighboring Caramoor but a potential jewel in the Putnam County crown of Boscobel House and Gardens, the Buddhist Association of the United States, Dia Beacon, Graymoor, the Garden Conservancy and the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.

“It’s transformational,” said Michael Boriskin, Copland House’s artistic and executive director, “not just for Copland House but for the music scene and the cultural scene in the county, the state and the region.”

As Westfair Business Journal frst reported in February, https:// westfaironline.com/combined/former-melrose-school-campus-sold/ Copland House – the 25-year-old American music center based at Rock Hill, the historic Cortlandt Manor home of composer Aaron Copland – purchased Bluestone Farm, the 24-acre former site of the Episcopal kindergarten through eighth grade Melrose School, for $3 million, with an eye to turning it into arts and education complex ofering exhibits; dance, music and theater performances, including Copland House’s established Mainstage Performance Series; collaborative residencies; workshops; and classes. Bluestone, which takes its name in part from what was once a working farm,

consists of fve buildings with a combined 37,000 square feet of space. The three-wing school, built in the 1960s, takes up two-thirds of that. Three of the buildings are residences, with one dating from the 1700s. The ffth is a charming chapel that Copland House is thinking of using as a meditation space, Boriskin said.

“The beauty of it is that we will be able to work with the footprint of the existing property,” he added. “There’s no heavy construction but rather a reallocation and reconfguration of the school, and in the outbuildings upgrading.”

There’s even a soccer feld that could host outdoor events at the complex, which is at once secluded and accessible to I-684, I-84 and the Brewster Metro-North Railroad stop, with ample parking.

“The only limitations,” Boriskin said, “are those of imagination and fnances.” He estimates that renovations will cost $8 million to $10 million, requiring the organization,

which has an operating budget of $750,000, to “exponentially” increase funding from local, county and state governments; foundations; businesses; and individuals.

Meanwhile, the 2,500-square-foot Rock Hill itself – the mid-century Modern house where Copland lived from 1960 until his death at age 90 in 1990, creating the spare, arpeggiated, folk-favored compositions that helped defne the American landscape and character in the 20th century – will continue to host individual artists’ residences and programs flmed by various media organizations like the BBC, CNN, NPR and PBS. (Some of the sure-to-be-expanding staf – which at present includes four full-timers and three part-timers –will shift to the new center.)

facilities and services as a cultural and recreational hub.)

“Over 10 years (2009-19) of working at Merestead in a limited way made us really realize the importance and necessity of Copland House expanding its footprint.”

- Michael Boriskin

It was a handshake public-private partnership with Westchester County to use Merestead in Mount Kisco –once the summer estate of William Sloane, founder of the now-defunct luxury furniture and rug company W. & J. Sloane – that reafrmed Copland House’s need for a second home of its own.

“Over 10 years (2009-19) of working at Merestead in a limited way made us really realize the importance and necessity of Copland House expanding its footprint,” Boriskin said. (Editor’s note: On April 29, Westchester County announced that a judge’s order lifting restrictions on the county’s development of Merestead will release funds to enhance its

Real-estate antennae up, Boriskin and his team looked beyond Merestead and fundraised. When Bluestone hit the organization’s radar, it was ready to move on it, purchasing the property in December. Boriskin saluted the board of trustees: “They deserve an enormous amount of credit for the vision in pursuing this property.” The plan is to open the center ofcially in time for the 125th anniversary of Copland’s birth (Nov. 14, 2025), with more celebrations to coincide with the United States’ 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.

A concert pianist, recording artist, producer and one of Musical America’s “Top 30 Professionals of 2023,” Boriskin has been at the helm of Copland House since its establishment and is passionate about the ability of the arts to enrich not only everyday life but the business world – a belief backed by Silicon Valley hiring artists of every ilk to strengthen its creativity and innovation.

“STEM is fne as far as it goes,” Boriskin said, “but it’s missing a letter. The greatest success stories come from the ‘A’ (for art) in STEAM.”

For more, visit coplandhouse.org.

The Retreat House, Copland House at Bluestone Farm.

The interior dining room at the Retreat House, Copland House at Bluestone Farm.

Judge lifts restrictions on county regarding Merestead property

By Peter Katz

County Judge David Everett has issued an order lifting restrictions on the county’s eforts to preserve and en hance the 130-acre Merestead prop erty in Bedford and Mount Kisco. The entrance to the park and grounds is at 455 Byram Lake Road in Mount Kisco.

The mansion and land were deeded to the county by the Patterson family in 1982 and became the property of the county in 2000 with the passing of Mrs. Margaret Sloane Patterson. She was the wife of orthopedic surgeon Robert Patterson and daughter of William Sloane.

Sloane had been president and founder of W. & J. Sloane, a noted New York City furniture and rug store that served many of the area’s most prominent families and also at one time helped furnish the White House. The Merestead Man sion dates from 1906 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Properties. In addition to the mansion and land, the county received rights to an endowment fund of about $4.3 million but the county was restricted from immediately using the entire amount.

Judge Everett’s order marks an end to litigation that has been pending for several years. The order releases the majority of funds from trust accounts associated with Merestead for use at Merestead. It establishes a trust account for the remaining funds and enables the county to draw 5% per year for ongoing maintenance and development projects. It also provides a structured approach to manag ing Merestead’s valuable assets, including artwork and other items.

EMBRACING INNOVATION IN REAL ESTATE

Westchester County Executive George Latimer said, “This decision signifes a signifcant step forward in our eforts to preserve and enhance Merestead for future generations. We are committed to honoring Mrs. Margaret Sloane Patterson’s vision, while ensuring that Merestead remains a vibrant cultural and recreational destination for the community.”

The county undertook a restoration project on the mansion and when visiting the work site in July 2021 Latimer noted that in the past there had been events including chamber music concerts held at Merestead. He said that the Parks Department would be seeking public input regarding future uses for the mansion and the surrounding open space and that the county wants to put the restored mansion to a productive public use. He said that was the intent of Mrs. Patterson when she bequeathed the property to the county.

Orange County executive in push for federal border action

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus, by virtue of his position as president of the New York State County Executives' Association (NYSCEA) is taking a lead role in urging prompt federal action to deal with the border crisis. Neuhaus began his one-year term as the organization's president in January. He and Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy, president of the New York state Association of Counties (NYSAC), jointly wrote to President Biden and members of Congress expressing what they view as the pressing need for immediate border action.

NYSCEA represents the 19 counties that have county executives as the chief elected ofcial. NYSAC represents New York’s 62 counties, including New York City, before federal, state and local ofcials on matters that afect county governments.

Neuhaus and McCoy were with a group of county executives from New York that visited the southern border in March, including a trip into Mexico. They met with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ofcers and U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents and learned about illegal crossings, drug and human smuggling, gaps in physical border barriers, and the strain on resources of the agencies charged with securing the border.

Neuhaus said that the migrant crisis is signifcant for the residents of Orange County.

"The challenges at the southern border directly impact the safety and well-being of Orange County residents," Neuhaus said. "Addressing this crisis is not only a national issue; it's also a matter of grave local concern. We must ensure the security of our borders and the integrity of our communities."

In their letter, Neuhaus and McCoy urged Biden and congressional leaders to "secure the border by using every emergency power at your disposal to immediately prevent, or drastically reduce, any further fow of individuals from crossing the U.S. Border. The situation is dire. For example, we were informed by USBP that approximately 34,000 unaccounted for migrants have crossed in one area of the New Mexico/Mexican Border since October. Their current whereabouts and countries of origin are completely unknown, which is a major national security risk. At that same site, USBP advised us that we must leave by dusk as the

border is controlled by cartels after dark, which accounts for why this area is so porous."

Neuhaus and McCoy said that while visiting the border they learned that much of the technology in use is outdated. For example, they found that old black and white cameras were being used for border surveillance instead of more modern devices.

They called for a change in rules so that New York counties can directly apply to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Kingston wants to put housing in Business Park

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

Kingston Business Park is a 107-acre campus owned by the Kingston Local Development Corporation (KLDC) that currently has two active commercial tenants: Howmet Aerospace and Community Manufacturing Solutions. The KLDC and the city of Kingston would like to see some of the vacant space developed with housing and possibly commercial buildings. They have issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking architectural and design concepts for such a project.

"Historically, the Business Park has been used for commercial entities, but we are interested in redeveloping

the remaining available parcels for residential or mixed-use development," Mayor Steven Noble said. "Kingston was recently designated as a Pro-Housing Community by New York state, and we have set an ambitious goal for approving 1,000 new housing units by 2029. We are looking at the redevelopment of the Business

Park as a potential for reaching this goal."

The Kingston Business Park is at 370-384 Delaware Ave. It was established in 1998 and was designed to accommodate four to fve light manufacturing facilities totaling 300,000 to 500,000 square feet, utilizing approximately 40 to 50 acres for commercial development. The city of Kingston also owns an adjoining parcel at 250-256 R Third Avenue that the city and KLDC believe could be part of the redevelopment or that could serve as another access point into the Business Park.

The Business Park has a municipally owned access road and has city water and sewer access. It also has partial seasonal vistas of the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains, and is partially surrounded by the recently established Sojourner Truth State Park.

for funding under its Shelter and Services Program to help pay for providing shelter, food and support services to migrants.

"We urge you to prioritize addressing the migrant crisis and implementing comprehensive reforms to our immigration system. The well-being of our communities, the dignity of migrants, and the bedrock ideals of the United States of America depend on swift and decisive action," Neuhaus and McCoy told Biden and the congressional leaders.

The conceptual and design project is to be paid for using federal American Rescue Plan Act funds. The RFP says that among the elements the frm selected for a contract would be expected to complete are: a survey of physical development options based on topographic features and available space; a full range of residential massing options for the site, including layouts that maximize the unit count and residential square footage; alternatives that allow for less residential density; and exploration of both mixed-use and fully residential possibilities.

"Arriving at the best solutions for the development of the site will take a collaborative, iterative process," the RFP says. "Multiple rounds of revisions with the City of Kingston and the KLDC are to be expected."

RFP submissions are expected to be turned in by May 17. The city expects that work on the architectural and design project could begin this summer.

Steve Neuhaus and McCoy at border.

State challenged on who can operate Tuckahoe liquor store

By Bill heltzel / bheltzel@westfairinc.com

A restauranteur who is trying to open a liquor and wine store in Tuckahoe claims that the New York State Liquor Authority improperly renewed the license of an operator who had abandoned the location.

Artan Shotaj, owner of AGA Liquors & Wine LLC, petitioned Westchester Supreme Court on April 19 to annul a liquor license held by Viktor Pali and VIP Wine and Liquor LLC.

There was no legitimate basis for renewing VIP’s license, the petition states, and the “State Liquor Authority has ignored the facts in its own fles and records.”

VIP operated as Wines & Good Spirits at 4 Fisher Ave., catty-corner from the Crestwood train station.

Wine & Spirits in the Fisher Avenue store.

A year ago, a lawyer for landlord Jermel Realty Corp. notifed the State Liquor Authority that Pali abruptly vacated the storefront on Jan. 27, 2023.

“When he vacated,” the letter stated, “he took everything with him, including the stock of wine and liquor as well as the license that had hung on the wall. The premises is now empty, and landlord looks to rent to another (similar) business.”

Jermel leased the storefront to Shotaj last August, for fve years beginning at $48,000 a year. Shotaj began renovating the space and submitted an application for a temporary retail permit.

safekeeping with the state three months after he abandoned the Tuckahoe site, and fled to renew the license and move it to a storefront on East Main Street in Mount Kisco.

The state renewed Pali’s license. It denied the removal to Mount Kisco and denied Shotaj a temporary retail permit.

Shotaj claims that the maneuvers were improper.

Shotaj is asking the court to order New tenant claims rights to abandoned storefront.

Shotaj — who owns La Botte Ristorente in White Plains and ran a steakhouse in Pelham for several years — wants to open Tuckahoe

attorney concedes mail fraud charge

Ever since, according to the petition, Pali has never gone to the store or contacted the landlord.

Instead of surrendering his license, the petition states, Pali placed it in

A license many not be used or put in safekeeping without a place of operation, according to the petition. And by renewing Pali’s license for the Tuckahoe storefront, the state cannot issue another license for the same place.

the State Liquor Authority to set aside and annul Pali’s license.

State Liquor Authority spokesman Patrick Garrett said the agency does not comment on pending litigation.

Greenburgh title agent charged in $1.6M embezzlement

By Bill heltzel / bheltzel@westfairinc.com

The owner of a former Greenburgh title insurance agency has been charged with fraud for embezzling $1.6 million.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams accused Ronald J. Rauschenbach of diverting funds that were supposed to be used for paying real estate taxes and fees, in a criminal information fled on April 23 in U.S. District Court, White Plains.

Rauschenbach, of Hopewell Junction, pleaded guilty at an arraignment before U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti. He posted a $200,000 personal appearance bond and was released from custody.

Rauschenbach was owner and president of Castle Title Insurance Agency Inc., on Knollwood Road in Greenburgh.

Title insurance agents protect

mortgage lenders and homeowners by making sure that there are no problems with who actually owns a property. They also make sure that deeds and mortgages are recorded with the local government, and they use proceeds from the property sale to pay the recording fees and taxes.

From 2014 to June 2020, Rauschenbach kept more than $1.6 million entrusted to him, according to the charging papers, for personal use and to pay down earlier fees and taxes he had failed to pay. He was charged with mail fraud because money was sent and received by mail.

In 2021, the state Department of Financial Services revoked Castle’s and Rauschenbach’s license for “acts that evidenced incompetence and untrustworthiness” and for submitting untrue information on their license renewal.

Rauschenbach had acted as an agent for Stewart Title Insurance Co. and WFG National Title Insurance Co. They accused him in 2019 and

2020 of collecting fees but failing to timely record real estate transactions and pay the taxes. Both underwriters also accused him of breach of contract in complaints fled in Westchester Supreme Court.

In the Stewart Title lawsuit, the Department of Financial Services recounted, Rauschenbach indicated that he would invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination if he was questioned about his use of customers’ trust funds.

Rauschenbach was also a licensed attorney, until last year. A district lawyers’ grievance committee accused him of four charges of professional misconduct, including fraudulent conduct.

He did not respond to the charges, and a panel of fve justices of the state Second Appellate Division disbarred him on Nov.1

He is scheduled for sentencing in the criminal case on July 25.

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CT Parent Advocacy Center

RAYMOND CARTA Robinson & Cole LLP

JENNIFER CHIARELLA Valitana LLC

BRIAN CIMBAK JG Advance Planning

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SUSANNAH CROWLEY Bumble Inc.

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Wilmington Trust

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RICHARD FLAHIVE Hightower Weschester

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Morgan Stanley

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TIMOTHY MCDERMOTT Noble House Media Group

AMANDA MILLER Bridgeport Hospital / Yale New Haven Health

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CT Healing Center/ Ann’s Place

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“We’re able to ofer that opportunity to students from grades 9 to 12, and also at the adult level, and we’re really excited about the feedback we get from both employers and our students.”

- Ellen Solek

On-the-Job Education

By Justin McGown / jmcgown@westfairinc.com

As fnals loom heavily in the minds of many high school students, 17-year-old Connor Lahey is already dealing with a commute across diferent cities, keeping his car gassed up and insured, and saving for retirement.

He has found he likes not the independence and confdence that honing his skills as a machinist at Naiad Dynamics in Shelton have brought. He also likes that he is doing a real job that is already the frst step in a career thanks to employment opportunities available only to students who attend a school belonging to the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS). Lahey is not just building skills and components, he is building his future.

CTECS is the umbrella organization through which the Connecticut Department of Education runs 17 trade schools and two adult training programs which serve 11,000 high school age students and 3,500 adult

learners studying more than 30 diferent trades.

CTECS Executive Director Ellen Solek said that the program Lahey is participating in is vital to the state’s economy, particularly with increasing appreciation among younger generations for careers without full degrees.

“We have students at CTECS who recognize that there’s a wonderful living to be made in the trades, and they can certainly still pursue a two or four year degree, but it becomes optional because they can go out and start earning a full time income the day they graduate, and sometimes before,” Solek said.

“We’re able to ofer that opportunity to students from grades 9 to 12, and also at the adult level, and we’re really excited about the feedback we get from both employers and our students,” Solek added. “They’re thrilled that they can go out in the workforce, jump right in, and begin

to make a living right away, and often times a healthy living.”

“I saw machining in our open house,” Lahey recalled. “I thought it was really cool, making something out of nothing, or making something out of a big block.”

After studying for several years in the typical curriculum at CTECS, Lahey said he was encouraged by a shop teacher to apply for a job at Naiad Dynamics.

“I researched the company on their website and saw that they made ship parts, boat parts, stabilization systems,” Lahey said. “I was like ‘oh sweet, I love boats,’ so I thought it would be a nice place to work. I came here for the interview, and I really liked everybody. I liked what they were doing, I liked the people, and I felt that I could learn here for my career.”

Steve Venables, a Mechanical Design Engineer at Naiad Dynamics indicated that the feeling was mutual and that Lahey was already making valuable contributions while learning about his chosen feld.

“Where Conor’s primarily working is on the manual mills,” Venables explained. “People tend to hear its manual work and think it’s a relatively low skill foor. But I’ll say that you want some of your most skilled machinists working on the manual jobs. You can make an entire career solely working on manual machines because the skill needed there is so high.”

According to Venables more advanced automated machining tools can be important additions to the foor, but they require people who understand the whole process of manual work to program properly.

“You defnitely want to learn how to use the manual machines frst before you go on to the computerized machines,” Lahey added.

“Connor is still working on those fundamentals, but those will take him far. You can make an entire career out of that,” said Venables.

Steven Venables and Connor Lahey stand with a fn stabilizer at Naiad Dynamics. A number of components were produced purely by Lahey. Photos by Justin McGown.

CTECS student Connor Lahey stands with at his work station on the shop foor of Naiad Dynamics.

Gimme shelter: When Jackie Robinson batted for lower-income housing in Yonkers

By John R. Nolon

Watching Major League Baseball celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15 reminded me of when I once met him along with Roy Echols, a community organizer in Yonkers.

When I returned from serving in the Peace Corps in Guatemala in 1969, I had been accepted as a Reginald Heber Smith Community Law Fellow to work in an Ofce of Economic Opportunity- funded legal services program. I was randomly assigned to work in Yonkers, providing legal assistance to the Community Action Program and its staf. During my frst week there, Echols, a determined CAP stafer, came into my ofce, slapped his large fst on my small desk, cursed the lack of afordable shelter and told me we were going to build afordable housing and that I needed to fgure out how to do it.

We formed a nonproft called the Yonkers Community Improvement Corporation (YCIC) and rented a storefront on Warburton Avenue. I boned up on housing development and fnance, we found a deteriorated park in the Hollows neighborhood, got it released by the New York Legislature from the state’s public trust requirements and found a developer-cosponsor to build two 12-story buildings with 195 low-income housing units on that parcel.

We spoke to Whitney M. Young Jr.’s widow, Margaret Buckner Young, and got her permission to use the name of her late husband – a New Rochelle-based civil rights leader who was infuential in the federal government’s War on Poverty in the 1960s – for the project. She asked that we interview Robinson, who by then was long retired from baseball and had a construction company. Our storefront was small, and the Warburton Avenue neighborhood was littered, poorly lit and

frankly scary at night. But it was there early one evening in 1971 that we met with Jackie, Rachel, a nurse who would become the director of nursing at the Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven, and a construction manager and agreed to a term sheet for a contract to construct Whitney Young Manor. It provided shelter to lower-income families for more than 30 years; was purchased by a new developer, Omni New York, in 2006; underwent an $11 million restoration; and continues to be rented to low-income households.

Today a 1,320-squarefoot apartment for a family of four with income under $77,000 rents for around $2,000 a month. I’d estimate that more than 600 individuals have obtained shelter in the manor for nearly 50 years. That’s 10,950,000 individual nights of shelter.

Having learned about afordable housing development, I was hired by Yonkers as deputy corporation counsel and the deputy director of the Department of Planning and Development to help develop more housing. In 1974, I was recruited to set up and run the Housing Action Council, which is still working today, building and rehabilitating lower-income housing. I’d

estimate that the Housing Council’s work has resulted in 15,000 units of low and moderate housing in the nearly 50 years it has existed, providing shelter for another 45,000 individuals.

Robinson’s contributions are well known and widely respected. Echol’s hand slap on my desk and the contagious energy of his determination, not so much. It was a small chance event that resulted in significant change, providing shelter for so many and teaching that our individual actions can count.

Watching Major League Baseball celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, John R. Nolon, distinguished professor of law emeritus at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, was reminded of how a meeting with Robinson, a North Stamford resident, and Yonkers community organizer Roy Echols led to more afordable housing in that city.

John R. Nolon is distinguished professor of law emeritus at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University where he supervises student research and publications regarding land use, sustainable development, climate change, housing insecurity, racial inequity and the coronavirus pandemic. He is co-counsel to the law school's Land Use Law Center, which he founded in 1993. He served as adjunct professor of land use law and policy at the Yale School of the Environment from 2001 to ’16. Before he joined the law school faculty, he founded and directed the Housing Action Counsel to foster the development of afordable housing.

EDITOR’S NOTE:

The word “legend” is often overused but is probably too little to describe Jackie Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 – starring at second base for the Brooklyn Dodgers and enduring horrifc abuse in the process, which he bore with grace. His steady presence and sparkling play opened the door for other gifted Black players and later other minorities. His Dodgers career (1947-56) also marked the beginning of many frsts – frst Black television analyst in MLB and the frst Black vice president of a major American corporation, Chock full o’Nuts. In the 1960s, he helped establish the African American-owned Freedom National Bank in Harlem.

For his achievements, Robinson (1919-72) would be posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honors. Not surprisingly, the Robinson family had difculty fnding a home in the mainly white enclaves of Westchester and Fairfeld counties. They were ultimately able to build their dream home at 95 Cascade Road in North Stamford with the help of Richard L. Simon, co-founder of the publishing house Simon and Schuster, and his wife, Andrea Heinemann Simon, a civil rights activist.

The couple, who owned the Newfeld Avenue estate on which the Mead School now sits are probably better-known today for their talented ofspring – opera mezzo-soprano-turned-Realtor Joanna Simon; singer-theater composer Lucy, photographer Peter and singer-songwriter Carly, the frst artist to win an Oscar, a Grammy and a Golden Globe for writing and performing a song for a flm – “Let the River Run” from “Working Girl,” 1988. Though she grew up wanting to play centerfeld for the New York Yankees, Carly would become the unofcial mascot of the rival Dodgers, courtesy of Robinson, who tried to teach her to hit left-handed.

Here John R. Nolon, distinguished professor of law emeritus at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, remembers Robinson and community organizer Roy Echols’ key efforts in establishing lower-income housing in Yonkers:

Jackie Robinson, second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, swinging a bat in 1954. Photograph by Bob Sandberg, then staf photographer of LOOK Magazine, part of the LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

From left, Jackie Robinson, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren and civil rights activist Whitney M. Young Jr. Courtesy Columbia University Ofce of Public Afairs Photograph Collection, University Archives.

John R. Nolon, distinguished professor of law emeritus at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Courtesy the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.

Pace yourself as you engage in the ultimate home spring rite – the refresh

Spring is the perfect time to look at your home with fresh eyes and renew its spaces, writes interior designer and Westfair columnist Cami Weinstein, though you don’t have to go overboard and you don’t have to do everything all at once.

On a recent, warm spring day, I looked around our home and was dismayed to see that many things looked worn and tired in the bright light. Often, we are distracted and don’t take the time to look at our homes with fresh eyes. Spring is the perfect time for that and for a refresh.

To stay on task, I usually make a list and work through it. A list keeps you organized and allows you to prioritize your tasks. It’s often challenging, because I’d much rather pick out new fabric than have my oil burner cleaned.

But the oil burner and duck work needed cleaning, the windows washing, the bathroom some regrouting and the slipcovers sent out. The list went further: It was time to redo some of the wallpaper in two of our bathrooms, and a few chairs need to be reupholstered and updated. Also, the jute rug needed to be replaced and some of the rooms painted. Sometimes our homes need a larger overhaul, and a renovation could be in order or, at the very least, a room at a time needs to be completely redone. Renovations take much longer to work through so often we put a Band-Aid on the problem until we can really get into the details and cost of the project. I often advise new homeowners that they may have many challenges ahead of them, so

frst create a livable space and then prioritize the projects that are most pressing, tackling them one at a time or until more funds are available. Slowing down the process is not a poor decision. It often gives you the time to think about the renovation and to decide more carefully what your needs are from a particular space.

When you are redoing a new space, it gives you the chance to be a little trendier and add some color or some newer style furnishings to replace some items that are not salvageable. Too trendy however, might not be the best idea if it’s jarringly diferent from your other furnishings. A little mix and match can be fun, though. Since the pandemic, many people have relocated from the city to the suburbs and vice versa. Both take getting used to even if you have lived in the other location before. Many city people moving to the “burbs” are surprised at the amount of time it takes to maintain and decorate their homes. Moving to the suburbs defnitely increases your workload, because you have both indoors and outdoors to maintain. If you are fortunate enough to aford crews for lawn and garden care and house maintenance, it still takes time to schedule and oversee the projects. Most homeowners who relocate to a city or apartment from the

suburbs are usually thrilled no longer to have that responsibility.

Sometimes a fresh paint job, a reset dining room table and an armful of fowers put into vases are all the refresh you need. Changing out your fowers and plants with the seasons automatically makes your rooms feel updated. Some clients also like to refresh with new throws and pillows. In the past, it was common to store wool Persian carpets and roll out sisal/jute rugs for the summer. Fresh slipcovers on the heavier upholstered pieces were also de rigueur for the heat of the summer months in the South. These contribute to a cool, comfortable look that also lightens the spirit. (Of course, nothing can be more deadening to the spirit than to be a slave to the seasons, so don’t be afraid to tweak rather than bulldoze.)

Still, the least exciting thing you can do to your homes is to decorate them and then never move an object for the next 20 years. Houses like to live, too. Fresh air should waft through your home, and objects should be moved, maintained and changed. This keeps a house alive and happy. The inhabitants will enjoy the house so much more, too. And memories will be become more meaningful.

Cami Weinstein Designs LLC has ofces in anhattan and ast Hampton. Contact her info@ camidesigns.com or 914-447-6904.

Renamed and rebranded, the venerable Bedford restaurant La Crémaillère still retains its essential – and most appealing –features as Le Poisson.

The more things change, the more Le Poisson remains excellent

By Jeremy Wayne / jwayne@westfairinc.com

It’s a case of plus ça change, plus c’est la meme chose – “the more things change, the more they stay the same” – at the former La Crémaillère in the Banksville section of Bedford, now Le Poisson. Despite a name change, a rebrand and a new menu direction from executive chef and managing partner Thomas Burke, the restaurant remains “in essentials very much what (it) ever was,” to borrow from Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.”

Thanks to an update of the lounge and bar, with French antiques incorporated into a design and palette (blue and white, blue and yellow) that pays homage to France’s maritime regions – from Normandy to Provence –the area now has a more easygoing, yet still elegant, atmosphere. Le Poisson is accepting walk-ins, so it’s the perfect spot for an upscale light lunch, bites and after-work cocktails. Beyond it, though, the idiosyncratic décor with its prominent murals remains a social, anthropological romp through the various departments of France. Also unchanged are properly dressed tables and the restaurant’s fondness – which regular readers will know I share – for the much-derided doily. An amuse-bouche of vichyssoise in a little beaker with croutons arrived on a decorative paper doily, as did a silver dish of good butter, complete with butter knife. It brought to mind the old dictum that a gentleman always uses a butter knife, even when dining alone. I made sure to use mine. With no Parker House roll in sight, I spread the butter on a glazed bun with raisins, a sweet start to transition from breakfast to lunch. And though I’m no smoker, an anachronistic branded matchbox on the table brought back memories of the time when smoking was the norm in restaurants. Well, a box of

matches is always handy. I was pleased to pocket it. But my recent Sunday brunch at Le Poisson really got going with a glass of Lombard Extra Brut, a wonderfully dry Champagne (and a new one to me) with its heightened chalkiness and a great match for many of the fsh dishes on the restaurant’s menu, including the grilled oysters and caviar you can now enjoy at the revamped bar. Following the amuse came hamachi tartare with tobiko, cucumber slices at the base cut as perfect disks, with military precision.

Departing temporarily from the piscine, I treated myself to a simply (and correctly) presented slab of foie gras with just a few dressed leaves and some sliced strawberries for a garnish. (My rule with foie gras is never to order it, but if it’s presented as a fait accompli as it were, I will guiltily partake. I guiltily partook, reminding myself of the feeting pleasure of sin.)

Scallop with bacon, mushrooms and Swiss chard in a curry emulsion struck me as a brilliant treatment. It went well with a Domaine de la Garenne 2022 Sancerre.

Maine lobster omelet, the coral draped across it, with fnes-herbes and some frisée, was brought to the table under a silver cloche, the sweet lobster meat in a just-set omelet Julia Child would undoubtedly have been proud to serve. A cloche always makes me smile as I imagine removing it and sticking it on my head to shock the waitstaf. I refrained – but this terrifc dish certainly had me smiling regardless.

Many other factors, or absence of them, contributed to the enjoyment of this brunch – the beautiful, heavy old La Crémaillère engraved silverware, which no contemporary fatware, no matter how chic, can match. Or

the music: Ella Fitzgerald warbling “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” and songs from Duo Gadjo’s “Meet Me in Paris” album – you’ll know them. (“This music is perfect for brunch,” enthused the man at a neighboring table to his companion, and he was right.) Or the bliss of not being interrupted every few minutes by a server asking how I was enjoying the food.

For dessert, a Grand Marnier soufé with pistachio sauce rose majestically in its white ramekin, while a smooth espresso was presented with a shaving of lemon peel on the saucer –a conceit I haven’t seen for years.

A trio of petits-fours, chocolate, strawberry, and pistachio, brought brunch to a perfect close and sent me on my way contented, swaying slightly, happy in the knowledge that such an elevated plane of cooking, service and gentle ambiance lives on, on the Westchester/ Fairfeld border.

Le Poisson keeps the fag fying for style of old. With graduation season drawing near, it’s also the perfect spot for a celebration. But don’t limit Le Poisson to that. It’s a gem to enjoy any time.

For more, visit poissonny.com.

Le Poisson exterior. Photographs by Jeremy Wayne.

Dining room at Le Poisson.

Hamachi tartare.

Amuse-bouche.

NEUROSURGEONS SHARE LIFE-CHANGING ADVANCES FOR THOSE WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES

Whatis the diference between the mind and the brain? How can gene editing change the game for people with Parkinson’s disease? Using noninvasive approaches, is it possible to bypass the bloodbrain barrier? If so, what does that mean for people who have dementia, ALS, multiple sclerosis or even glioblastoma?

These are just some of the rapid-fre questions asked by a riveted audience at Greenwich Hospital’s “From Autism to Parkinson’s Disease and Beyond: Neurorestorative Surgery.” Led by Yale School of Medicine Neurosurgeons Murat Gunel, M.D., and Zion Zibly, M.D., the interactive program, which took place April 3 at the Belle Haven Club, was part of the hospital’s Ofce of Development’s “Medical Insights” speaker series.

Gunel, neurosurgeon-in-chief at Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) and sterling professor and chair at the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Neurosurgery is one of the world’s most illustrious doctors and researchers within the feld of genomics, neurosurgery and neuroscience. His research interest focuses on gene discovery in diseases of the human brain, including its development, vascular disease and tumors.

Zibly is an international expert in high-intensity focused ultrasound. He brings that expertise to Greenwich Hospital, making Greenwich a destination for hundreds of patients seeking relief for tremors and that don’t respond to medication and tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease. He is YNHH’s director of The Brain Focused Ultrasound Institute and director of the Neurosurgical Cancer Pain Center.

“Yale research scientists are trailblazers,

contributing to the fundamental understanding of neurological diseases and the development of new and efective treatments. At Greenwich Hospital, we have seen incredible possibilities turn into reality surrounding the diagnosis, treatment and care of our patients,” said Greenwich Hospital’s Senior Vice President and Chief Development Ofcer Noël Appel.

Discussion ranged from how researchers are using artifcial intelligence to better understand the brain; how leading-edge noninvasive technologies are restoring function for people sufering from movement disorders; how this technology can possibly be used to restore early memory loss in Alzheimer’s patients; the use of brain-computer interfaces to help people who have lost the power of speech regain communication; and how deep brain stimulation may impact the mind-brain connection to help those, for example, sufering with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Greenwich Hospital, a member of Yale New Haven Health, is a 206bed regional medical center serving lower Fairfeld County, Connecticut, and Westchester County, New York. It is a major academic afliate of Yale School of Medicine. Founded in 1903, Greenwich Hospital has evolved into a progressive medical center and teaching institution representing all medical specialties and ofering a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic and wellness programs. It is recognized throughout the health-care industry as a leader in service and patient satisfaction excellence and has earned the prestigious Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the nation’s highest honor of nursing excellence.

Greenwich Hospital’s Medical Insights series is designed to introduce the community to clinical leaders within areas of distinction at Greenwich Hospital – expansion areas that are fueling the hospital’s $125 million Arc of Care Campaign. To learn more about Greenwich Hospital’s initiatives within neuroscience, contact Noël Appel at noel. appel@greenwichhospital.org or 203-863-3861.

A LEADER IN PHYSICAL MEDICINE TO HEAD REHABILITATION HOSPITAL

BurkeRehabilitation Hospital’s Board of Trustees has named Scott A. Edelman, CPA, MBA, CFE, as executive director. Edelman, who has been with Burke, a leading provider of physical and medical rehabilitation, research and graduate medical education, for more than 25 years has most recently served as Burke’s interim executive director. Previously, he was senior vice president and chief fnancial ofcer.

“Scott has proven himself a visionary leader, extending Burke Rehabilitation’s highly regarded patient-centered approach,” said Burke’s Board Chair Richard Celiberti. “I truly appreciate his commitment to high-quality and equitable care as well as his business acumen. The Board has full confdence in Scott’s ability to propel Burke into its next phase of growth, ensuring the organization remains the gold standard of rehabilitation medicine.”

During Edelman’s tenure as interim executive irector, Burke was named a Top Rehabilitation Hospital by “US News & World Report” in its 2023-24 rankings. Burke was also recognized as having the lowest rate of readmission in the country for a rehabilitation hospital.

Recently, it became the only free-standing rehabilitation hospital in New York state to ofer onsite hemodialysis.

Edelman said,”…We recently launched a fveyear strategic plan designed to position Burke as a nationally recognized leader with an earned reputation for high-quality, individualized and integrated care. I am confdent that we will succeed in this endeavor.”

A member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a fellow in Healthcare Financial Management Association, Edelman serves as an adjunct professor in the MBA program in the SUNY educational system and Long Island University Hudson. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Westchester County Association and is a board member of Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting and fnance from Iona University, and is a New York State Certifed Public Accountant and a Certifed Fraud Examiner.

In addition to its hospital in White Plains, Burke, a member of the Montefore Health System has 13 outpatient locations in the Bronx, Westchester County and the Hudson Valley.

Scott A. Edelman

Yale School of Medicine Neurosurgeons Murat Gunel, M.D., left, and Zion Zibly, M.D.

NEW TANZANIA

COUNTRY DIRECTOR

NAMED

Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, has welcomed Josaphat Mshighati as country director of Americares Tanzania. In his new role, Mshighati is responsible for leading all aspects of Americares Tanzania’s operations and health programming, including its care program, which aims to promote high-quality and respectful care for reproductive, maternal and newborn health services at health centers in Tanzania. He is also tasked with overseeing Americares Tanzania’s ongoing deliveries of medicines and medical supplies and directing initiatives that strengthen health systems and expand access to care for people afected by poverty or disaster in the Kigoma and Mwanza regions.

“We are excited to have Josaphat join our team,” said Americares President and CEO Christine Squires. “He brings a wealth of experience to the role and we’re confdent that with his leadership, we will continue to deepen our impact in Tanzania to save lives and improve health.”

With more than 16 years of experience managing projects and directing programs across the aid and development sectors prior to joining Americares Tanzania, Mshighati served as the regional technical advisor for Pathfnder International’s East and Southern Africa climate resilience program. He spearheaded the development of partnerships with climate change organizations, networks and coalitions and designed and implemented programs that strengthened women and girls’ resilience to climate change. During his tenure with Pathfnder International, Mshighati also served as the program director of advocacy and population, health and environment. Prior to that, he served as the head of programs and policy at ActionAid, an international nonproft organization working to eradicate poverty and achieve social justice and gender equality.

Mshighati earned a master’s degree in development management from Ruhr University in Germany and a bachelor’s degree in political science, education and teaching from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Americares began delivering medical aid to Tanzania in 1994 and then established a country ofce in Mwanza in 2010. It provides

ongoing support for 15 hospitals and clinics throughout the country, delivering medicine, medical supplies, infrastructure improvement and training.

Americares helps communities to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters; increase accessibility, availability, afordability and acceptability of medicine and medical supplies; improve and expand health services; and prevent disease and promote good health. Since it was established more than 40 years ago, Americares has provided $22 billion in aid to 164 countries, including the United States.

NEW

MEMBERS BRING NEW PERSPECTIVES AND DYNAMIC ENERGY

The Yonkers Downtown/Waterfront Business Improvement District has welcomed new board members Jesse Deutch, founder and president of Two80 Real Estate Ventures LLC and co-founder and co-owner of C2R Management LLC, and Peter Murray, CEO of Dolphin Property Services LLC.

“We are excited to welcome two accomplished individuals to our Board of Directors. Jesse and Peter both bring years of leadership experience to the table, both with extensive backgrounds in real estate. With ties to community development and afordable and sustainable housing, Deutch and Murray are invaluable additions to the Board,” said Sara Brody, executive director of the BID.

Deutch has over a decade in commercial real estate, with an honorable mention, in the

Wheeler Block Lofts in Downtown Yonkers. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in fnance, minoring in engineering entrepreneurship. He runs the gamut of commercial real estate transactions after starting his career as an investment sales broker, where he was responsible for the sale of more than 100 properties in New York City over his sixyear span as a vice president at Ariel Property Advisors after which he launched Two80 Real Estate Ventures, specializing in the acquisition, development and sustainability of housing. He and his partnerships have acquired 20 properties and 400 units since beginning in 2018.

Murray has more than 34 years of experience in afordable housing, including the development of over 1,800 afordable housing units and managing more than 3,600 units. Murray’s detailed approach to regulatory compliance and being a true advocate for the community have earned him great respect throughout the industry. He has certifcations in real estate and brokerage law, along with active involvement in related organizations and local government. Murray began his career and passion for community development as an urban studies and political science major at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by law school at the University of Miami. He practiced law in south Florida for seven years in his own private practice specializing in real estate law, then moved to New York in 1988, where he began his real estate development career.

The Downtown/Waterfront Business Improvement District Inc. of Yonkers is a nonproft that maintains the economic vitality of the district by providing the local business and residential community with a variety of services.

ADVANCED

ADULT EPILEPSY PROGRAM AT MEDICAL CENTER

WMCHealth’s

Westchester Medical Center has achieved Level 4 accreditation by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC), which is its highest designation granted to centers that have the professional expertise and facilities to provide the most advanced medical evaluation and treatment for patients with complex epilepsy.

To qualify for this level of accreditation, the Advanced Adult Epilepsy Program at Westchester Medical Center met stringent criteria, demonstrating expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy, utilizing cutting-edge technology and evidence-based practices to deliver superior care utilizing a multidisciplinary team.

The Advanced Adult Epilepsy Program at Westchester Medical Center also provides a complete evaluation for epilepsy surgery, including intracranial monitoring and neuromodulation devices, ensuring tailored state-of-the-art solutions for each patient’s unique journey.

In 2021, WMCHealth’s Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital achieved NAEC Level 4 accreditation for its pediatric epilepsy program. With Westchester Medical Center’s accreditation, WMCHealth now boasts two NAEC-accredited Level 4 epilepsy programs.

“We are honored to receive the NAEC Level 4 accreditation, which is a testament to our

unwavering dedication to providing the highest standard of care for our patients and refects the skill and commitment of our multidisciplinary team,” said Manisha Holmes, M.D., section chief of epilepsy, Westchester Medical Center. “This achievement underscores our position as a regional leader in neurological health care, ultimately improving outcomes and quality of life for individuals living with epilepsy.”

Families with children in need of epilepsy evaluation and care should visit MariaFareriChildrens.org/Pediatric-Epilepsy-Program or call 914-775-5437.

The NAEC is a nonproft association with a membership of more than 260 specialized epilepsy centers in the United States, which helps standardize and elevate the quality of care provided to individuals with epilepsy and advocates for policies that improve access to exceptional care for individuals living with epilepsy.

The Westchester Children’s Association (WCA) is celebrating its 110th anniversary at The Opus Hotel in White Plains on June 5. This event recognizes WCA’s century-long commitment to supporting children and youth in Westchester.

At the gala, White Plains Hospital will be presented with the Edith C. Macy Award, Robin White of AT&T with the Corporate Children’s Champion Award, and Barbara J. Holland with the Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication to children’s welfare.

Josaphat Mshighati

Jesse Deutch

Peter Murray

Robin White

Barbara J. Holland

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, ‘DANCING FOR THE FOUNDATION’

Following its inaugural success last year, the Hudson Gateway Realtor® Foundation (HGRF) is once again adapting the popular TV Show “Dancing with the Stars” to its own version of “Dancing for the Foundation,” on Thursday, May 16 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Surf Club in New Rochelle. The fundraising event supports the Foundation, which benefts charities and nonprofts throughout New York City and the Hudson Valley.

Realtor® and Afliate members from around the New York metro area will be tapping their toes for prizes and the coveted “winner” status of the foundation’s second dancing competition event. The event will also feature a judge who appeared on 13 seasons of “Dancing with the Stars.” He is Christian Perry, of Sotheby’s International Realty in Greenwich, and he is an accomplished professional ballroom dancer. Other judges include Dwayne Gordon, retired NFL player and Fitness Manager at New York Sports Club in White Plains and Kate Bialo, executive director, Furniture Sharehouse in White Plains.

“We are thrilled to present this popular event once again this year,” said Ralph Gabay, HGRF president. “Last year’s event drew record crowds, and we hope to be able to surpass our fundraising goal for the foundation this year. Of course, it’s also going to be an exciting, interactive night with audience participation and a great opportunity for networking.”

The event is also open to the public and includes an open bar, appetizers, a plated dinner, dessert and cofee, and a DJ. The best part is that the audience can also join in the judging to choose the winning dance couple.

Arthur Murry Dance Centers of White Plains is

providing free dance lessons for the competitors.

The eight dancing couples participating are:

• Danielle Reese, Christie’s International Real Estate, White Plains, and Anthony Rupe, Houlihan Lawrence, New Rochelle, and Catherine Prata, Houlihan Lawrence, Larchmont;

• Tony Berardi, Howard Hanna Rand Realty, Brewster/Scarsdale and Trudi Iglesias, Howard Hanna Rand Realty, White Plains;

• Cecilia Feng, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Rivertowns, Peekskill, and Clayton Jefrey, Keller Williams NY Realty, White Plains;

• Xiao Ciao Chen, Century 21 Dawns Gold Realty, Yonkers and her husband, Augusto Estrada;

• Ryan Smith, Play Nice Together, Elmsford, and Rebeca Ford, Corcoran Legends Realty, Briarclif Manor;

• Christian Babcock, Loan Depot, and Brett Lando, Gahagan, Lando & Wanger LLP, both in White Plains; and

• Laura Browne, Laura C. Browne, Esquire, Bronx, and David Moore, 1st Priority Mortgage, Elmsford.

Tickets are $175 per person and all proceeds beneft the Hudson Gateway Realtor® Foundation. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit HGAR.com.

Since 2014, the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities and nonprofts throughout Hudson Valley. As concerned members of the communities members participate in qualifed community-based charities that serve the housing, hunger, health, happiness and humane needs of citizens everywhere.

The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors® is a not-for-proft trade association representing over 13,000 real estate professionals doing business in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange counties, as well as the Bronx and Manhattan. It is the second largest Realtor® Association in New York, and one of the largest in the country.

TRAILBLAZING LAWYER NAMED NEW CEO OF GIRL SCOUTS OF CONNECTICUT

Elicia

Pegues-Spearman of Cheshire, Connecticut, has been named CEO of Girl Scouts of Connecticut (GSOFCT). The accomplished attorney and human resources executive has shattered glass ceilings as a leader at some of the state’s top corporations. Outgoing CEO Diana Mahoney passed the torch to Pegues-Spearman at the GSOFCT annual meeting on April 28.

Over the course of her career, Spearman has successfully managed C-Suite roles in many industries, including health care, manufacturing, defense and higher education, most recently as the frst dual general counsel and vice president of human resources for Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.

Previously, Spearman was the frst person of color hired to the executive team at General Dynamics Electric Boat. She has had a distinguished law career where she worked for state, federal and Fortune 500 corporate entities, including Aetna, Hubbell, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

In 2022, Girl Scouts of Connecticut honored Spearman as a champion of girls and young women at the organization’s annual Breakfast Badge Awards. She said, “…I love being a champion for girls, helping them discover how big their goals could be. We should want to help the next generation do better than we’ve done, think critically and innovatively solve the problems of today. I love seeing people succeed.”

Spearman mentors professionals and students and has dedicated a lifetime of community service to local and national organizations.

Recognized as one of the “2019 Most Infuential Women in Corporate America” by “Savoy” magazine, Spearman also has received numerous awards, including 2024 Citizen of the Year Award from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. First District; and James W. Cooper Fellow designation with the Connecticut Bar Association.

Spearman holds a Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College. Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges.” … Girl Scouts lead the way as they fnd their voices and make changes that afect the issues most important to them.

Elicia Pegues-Spearman. Courtesy Girl Scouts of Connecticut

“Dancing with the Foundation” winners JP Endres and Joe Maymi of Howard Hanna Rand Realty in New City and White Plains. PhotobyJohnVecchiolla.

HATS OFF TO 85 YEARS

In anticipation of its 85th anniversary, the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester (BGCNW) will begin commemorating this milestone with its 29th annual Humanitarian Award Gala on June 7. The theme of the event is Hats Of to 85 Years. The honorees are two long-time supporters of BGCNW: Mufn Dowdle and Dan Hollis.

Dowdle has been a lifelong member of the BGCNW. She grew up in Mount Kisco, one of 11 children. She and her brothers and sisters learned how to swim and attended after-school programs at the Club. As an adult Dowdle returned to the Club as a member of the Board of Directors, serving for 30 years. A sales broker for Ginnel Real Estate in Bedford, Dowdle has consistently been the top producer. She has received the highest honor bestowed by the Westchester County Board of Realtors “The Diamond Award of Excellence” for the past 30 years. She is an avid equestrian, having ridden through northern Westchester her whole life. She has even been known to show properties via horseback. Trail riding with her son, George, and daughter-in-law, Jessica, is one of her favorite pastimes. Another is taking her 8-month-old granddaughter, Daisy, for her weekly swimming lessons in the Boys & Girls

Club pool. She has been invaluable to the Boys & Girls Club since signing on to the Board. She has not only “sold” the Club story to countless individuals throughout Westchester County and beyond, but she has also convinced those individuals to support the organization.

Hollis has been practicing law for almost 50 years. Over those decades, he has led some of the most consequential litigations in New York and conducted some of the state’s most newsworthy trials and appeals, from state trial courts all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States. He is most proud of his professional and community leadership and his deep involvement in organizations throughout northern Westchester, where he has resided for nearly 60 years. Hollis served as president of the Westchester County Bar Association from 2015 to 2016. He has also served on its judicial screening committee since 2006. He served as chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Bedford from 1984 to 1990, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Northern Westchester Hospital Center from 1981 to 2004, serving as Chairman of the Board for fve of those years.

For more information about tickets and sponsorships visit https://us.givergy.com/BGCNW2024/?controller=tickets.

PLAYGROUND FOR PRESCHOOLERS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Cerebral

Palsy of Westchester’s United Preschool Center (UPC) recently welcomed White Plains High School Junior Siddhant Sawant to campus to unveil his Eagle Scout project at the UPC playground. It is a movable music wall, movable abacus, hanging blackboards and planter boxes.

Sawant is currently working to attain the Eagle Scout rank with his Boy Scout Troop, the highest rank a young person can reach in Scouting (only 5% of all Scouts who join ever reach the Eagle rank). Looking to design an Eagle Scout service project that would contribute to his hometown of White Plains, he identifed CPW’s United Preschool Center. According to Sawant, he recognized Cerebral Palsy of Westchester’s history of enabling young leaders to serve the community and consulted with volunteer and internship placement manager Joan Colangelo and Preschool Director Marcy Weintraub to identify a viable and advantageous sensory project for the children at the United Preschool in White Plains. The resulting playground structures that he designed, engineered and built will attract children to play as well as help them to acquire essential developmental skills.

A COLLABORATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL GIANTS

After receiving approval from the Scoutmaster, Troop Committee, and District Council, as well as CPW’s executive director for his project proposal, Sawant organized the necessary materials, explored diferent options, acquired hardware and miscellaneous supplies and planned the logistics. Sawant received sponsorship from Campanella Fences in Mahopac, New York, with whom he worked in close partnership to bring his project to completion.

The United Preschool Center, located at 456 North St. in White Plains, ofers an integrated learning experience for children with and without disabilities. Program administrators collaborate with various school districts throughout Westchester County and it is an authorized Universal Full-Day Pre-Kindergarten program site for the White Plains School District. It also is a division of Cerebral Palsy of Westchester (CPW), which is currently celebrating its 75th year. Through a comprehensive network of educational programs, day services, residential sites, therapeutic services, employment training, recreation programs and advocacy CPW helps thousands of children and adults in Westchester and Fairfeld counties live more productive and satisfying lives.

Regeneron

Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Tarrytown and Mammoth Biosciences Inc., recently announced a collaboration to research, develop and commercialize in vivoCRISPR-based gene editing therapies for multiple tissues and cell types. Regeneron is developing adeno-associated viral vectors (AAVs) using antibody-based targeting to enhance delivery of genetic medicine payloads to specifc tissues and cell types. Mammoth is developing novel ultracompact nucleases and associated gene editing systems, with a variety of editing functionalities at a signifcantly smaller size than other CRISPR-based systems, including frst generation Cas9 nucleases. By leveraging Regeneron’s expertise in AAV and antibody engineering and Mammoth’s expertise in ultracompact gene

editing systems, the teams will endeavor to create disease-modifying medicines that can be delivered to tissues beyond the liver, to which most gene editing treatments are currently limited.

“We believe in the incredible power of gene editing, which we are utilizing in our diverse preclinical and clinical genetic medicines pipeline. After years spent developing our next-generation delivery approaches, we are eager to combine them with Mammoth’s gene editing systems to better match payload, delivery system and disease type,” said Christos Kyratsous, Ph.D., senior vice president and co-head of Regeneron Genetic Medicines at Regeneron.

Under the terms of the agreement, Mammoth will receive $100 million inclusive of $95 million in equity investment at signing and an

upfront payment and is eligible to receive up to $370 million per target in development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments, and royalty rates ranging from single digits to mid-teens on future net sales of all collaboration products.

In addition, Mammoth has the right to opt-in to co-funding and sharing profts on a majority of collaboration programs in lieu of receiving milestones and royalties. In exchange, for a period of fve and a half years, Regeneron is obtaining broad access to Mammoth’s editing technologies, other than certain excluded targets, with the option to extend such access for an additional two years upon the payment of a research extension fee. The parties will jointly select and research collaboration targets, and then Regeneron will lead development and commercialization.

California-based Mammoth Biosciences is a biotechnology company focused on leveraging its proprietary ultracompact CRISPR systems to develop potential long-term curative therapies for patients with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. The company is building out its wholly owned pipeline of potential in vivo gene editing therapeutics and capabilities and has partnerships with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to broaden the reach of its innovative and proprietary technology platform. Mammoth’s deep science and industry experience, along with a robust and diferentiated intellectual property portfolio, have enabled the company to further its mission to transform the lives of patients and deliver on the promise of CRISPR technologies.

Dan Hollis and Mufn Dowdle.

Siddhant Sawant, left, with Executive Director of Cerebral Palsy of Westchester Linda Kuck. Photo courtesy of Joan Colangelo.

A TRIBUTE TO ONE OF YONKERS’ LEGENDS

In recognition of local talent from the city of Yonkers and its public housing, a new mural tribute to singer, songwriter Mary J. Blige was unveiled at Palisade Towers. The mural titled “Together” is a tribute to Blige, a local legend and international phenomenon who came from humble beginnings in Yonkers. Blige was recently tapped to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The 78-foot-wide by 18-foot-high mural was unveiled at the eight-building former public housing complex in a ceremony presided over by Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Yonkers Housing Authority (YHA) CEO Wilson Kimball, Yonkers Arts Executive Director Ray Wilcox and Artist Robin Alcantara. It is part of a multiyear public art partnership between YHA and local arts organization Yonkers Arts that was funded by the Mulford Corp., a nonproft that funds YHA projects.

The public art project has brought more than 150 pieces of art to YHA properties, including two earlier mural tributes to famous YHA residents Earl “DMX” Simmons and Ella Fitzgerald.

“It is always a proud day when we can highlight the accomplishments of our city’s residents,’’ said Spano. “The talents and

accomplishments of these local heroes is an inspiration to us all and a reminder that even those who come from humble beginnings can achieve great things.’’

Kimball said that the mural accomplishes two things: to inspire local residents and to bring beauty to urban areas. “When we are surrounded by beauty we are inspired to do our best and be our best. This mural by Robin Alcantara celebrates African American culture and artists who were able to overcome their surroundings and rise to greater things,’’ she said.

Alcantara was also responsible for a mural in the Yonkers’ Calcagno Homes gymnasium that was unveiled last January called “The Come Up,” which prominently featured another local legend the “Queen of Jazz” Ella Fitzgerald.

“Being able to paint these walls in Yonkers is a dream come true and I am grateful to be able to work with you to bring murals to the city,’’ said Alcantara.

The Yonkers Housing Authority is the largest provider of afordable housing in the city of Yonkers and the fourth-largest public housing authority in New York state. It has an unparalleled commitment to redeveloping, managing and administering its housing stock to provide low-income families, the elderly and disabled individuals with access to good, sustainable housing that improves the quality of the residents’ lives, fosters their economic success and allows them to serve as integral members of communities in which they live.

EXPERIENCED LEADER HEADS STATEWIDE CHAMBER ASSOCIATION

The Board of Directors of the Chamber Alliance of New York State (CANYS), a statewide association of over 70 Chambers of Commerce, has elected Heather Bell-Meyer, president and CEO of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce as chairperson. Bell-Meyer ofcially began her board term in January 2023. She brings more than 10 years’ experience working with chambers of commerce, economic development initiatives and advocacy throughout the Hudson Valley. She is the president and CEO of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce in addition to having held leadership positions since 2008 with Heineken USA, the YMCA and her own successful small business. Bell-Meyer is a ferce advocate for the greater business community and dedicates much of her time to serving the constituents in her county. She participates regularly with the Business Council of New York State, Orange County Economic Development Task Force, Orange County Workforce Development Board, Stewart Air Service Development Committee, United Way of Dutchess and Orange Regions, the US Chamber of Commerce and Orange County and the New York State Association of Towns.

“I’m extremely pleased to have Heather serve as our chair to help further the work of CANYS in providing professional development, valuable resources and crucial advocacy strategies to our chambers of commerce throughout New York state,” said Peter Aust, executive director of CANYS. “Heather’s passion for chambers of commerce is efusive, her experience extensive and I’m confdent our association will continue to grow under her leadership.”

“…The eforts of Chambers of Commerce play a vital role in the survival, growth, and innovation of the communities we serve. Our actions have a meaningful impact, and I am delighted to align my passion with CANYS, working towards the organization’s growth and, ultimately, enhancing business representation in New York State,” said Bell-Meyer

Heather Bell-Meyer

From left: Robin Alcantara, Ray Wilcox and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano.

WELCOME TO NEWEST MEMBER OF MEDICAL CENTER BOARD

TheWestchester Medical Center Foundation unveiled its distinguished slate of trustees for 2024, marking a year of significant growth for the philanthropic arm of Westchester Medical Center, the fagship hospital in the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth).

At the foundation’s recent quarterly meeting, the Board of Trustees warmly welcomed its newest member, Bill Madden, who serves as the director of New York Communications and Government Afairs at Veolia. Madden brings a wealth of experience in communications and government afairs to the foundation. His strategic insights and dedication to community development align seamlessly with the foundation’s mission. As a trustee, Madden will play a pivotal role in advancing Westchester Medical Center’s commitment to exceptional health-care services.

The Madden addition caps a strong year of growth for the Westchester Medical Center Foundation, during which time seven new trustees – Kara Bennorth, Hedy Cardozo, Janet DiFiore, Lianne Hales Dugan, Lola Gazivoda, Michelle A. Nicholas and Alfred P. Vigorito joined the foundation’s Board of Trustees.

The mission of the Westchester Medical Center Foundation is to support Westchester Medical Center in the hospital’s eforts to provide lifesaving and life-changing care. Currently, the Foundation Board is focused on raising funds for the Critical Care Tower, a signifcant and vital project at Westchester Medial Center as the hospital is a regional, academic medical center that serves as both a referral center for other hospitals and a lifeline for community members with acute illness or injury.

Westchester Medical Center’s new Critical Care Tower will feature fve foors covering more than 162,000 square feet. It will include 96 intensive care unit (ICU)-capable beds to Westchester Medical Center’s current ICU bed roster, all of which will be in private rooms equipped with the most current medical technologies. Furthermore, the Critical Care Tower will have the fexibility to accommodate 32 added ICU-capable beds, should the need arise, bringing the tower’s full ICU-bed capacity to 128.

The completion of the Critical Care Tower will also enable Westchester Medical Center to provide care to community members in single-patient, private rooms.

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with nine hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 13,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians.

RENOWNED PHARMACEUTICAL SHARES ITS ADVANCED CANCER RESEARCH

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Tarrytown recently announced that new and updated data from its oncology and hematology pipeline will be shared across 17 presentations at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2024 Annual Meeting, taking place from May 31 to June 5 in Chicago. Notably, new safety and efcacy results from a Phase 1/2 trial investigating the costimulatory bispecifc antibody REGN7075 (EGFRxCD28) in combination with Libtayo in patients with certain advanced solid tumors will be featured in an oral presentation.

“The breadth of our presentations at ASCO showcase our progress in advancing multiple promising and distinct investigational treatment approaches for a diverse array of difcult-to-treat cancers,” said George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., Board co-chair, president and chief scientifc ofcer at Regeneron. “These latest clinical results build on our ongoing commitment to cancer research and refect our focus on advancing a pipeline of internally developed candidates that have the potential to ofer novel and diferentiated therapies. Poised to tackle more than 30 types of cancer, our oncology pipeline is a testament to Regeneron’s relentless commitment to transforming cancer care for those who need it most.”

Beyond the REGN7075 data, additional presentations will feature results from Regeneron’s diverse pipeline of checkpoint inhibitors and bispecifc antibodies.

Regeneron is a leading biotechnology company that invents, develops and commercializes life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for 35 years by physician-scientists, Regeneron’s unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to numerous FDA-approved treatments and product candidates in development, almost all of which were homegrown in Regeneron’s laboratories. Regeneron’s medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and infammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, hematologic conditions, infectious diseases, and rare diseases.

PLATINUM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MENTORING

BigBrothers Big Sisters of Westchester & Putnam has been presented with the 2023 Platinum Award by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Nationwide Leadership Council, which recognizes local agencies for excellence in the organization’s signature one-to-one youth mentoring program. The Platinum Award recognizes the hard work of agency leadership and staf to provide high-quality programming for the children they serve.

“We are honored to be a recipient of this prestigious award,” said Valerie Brown, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westchester & Putnam. “We have an amazing and dedicated team of staf, mentors, volunteers, donors, mentees and their families who work together

to make our organization a huge success. We are being recognized for a 100% retention for our mentor/mentee matches that have lasted for at least one year.” Platinum award criteria includes retention, growth in active matches and total children served from one year to the next. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westchester County is a nonproft organization dedicated to providing children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-toone mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Through the power of mentorship youth are empowered and inspired to reach their full potential, contributing to healthier families, stronger communities and a brighter future for all.

MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS CELEBRATED

TheOsborn senior living community in Rye, New York, recently held a festive Centenarian Luncheon, honoring 18 of its residents who were celebrating milestone birthdays this year. Each of them is now between 100-106. The Osborn, which was named as one of the nation’s “Best Continuing Care Retirement Communities” by “Newsweek” for 2024, ofers independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing on its 56-acre arboretum campus.

Bill Madden

Michele Schreer (center), director of Sterling Park at The Osborn, with two resident centenarians.

PEPSICO FUND SUPPORTS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS EMPOWERING WOMEN

As a returning co-presenting partner of Mary J. Blige’s “Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit,” Pepsi is now launching the Pepsi x Mary J. Blige Strength of a Woman Community Fund, with $100,000 available as grants to local organizations whose work elevates and educates underserved women in Yonkers.

The fund created in partnership with United Way of Westchester and Putnam, which helps residents become self-sufcient and thrive in a stronger community, is open to Yonkers-based nonproft organizations addressing the needs of women who are underserved, marginalized or living paycheck-to-paycheck. The funds will be distributed via grants between $5,000 to $20,000 to qualifying organizations supporting programs in education, fnancial stability and food security. Applications can be submitted online by June 1 at uwwp.org/pepsi-soaw.

As the festival and summit come to the Big Apple for the frst time, Pepsi is honoring the global icon by giving back to women in her hometown of Yonkers, New York, and bringing the event’s purpose of empowerment, elevation and education to life for the community.

“Pepsi has been an incredible partner for the Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit since the start. Now, with their support, being able to come home to Yonkers to give back to and invest in the community I grew up in is all I’ve ever wanted. We hope to provide resources for local organizations striving to support and uplift women for

even greater impact this year,” said Blige.

Blige announced the fund with a surprise appearance at Westchester Community College on Thursday, April 25, as part of the Pepsi x Strength of a Woman Community Day, made possible by PepsiCo Foundation, Pepsi and YWCA of Yonkers. During the day of service, attendees heard from Dr. Kimberly Crawford and Shona Pinnock on wellness, confdence building and economic empowerment, followed by a shopping trip to provide the women with business essentials for workplace preparedness.

PepsiCo Foundation also donated $50,000 to YWCA of Westchester and Westchester Community College to support and uplift the local community.

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $91 billion in net revenue in 2023, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

The PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, invests in the essential elements of a sustainable food system with a mission to support thriving communities. Working with nonprofts and experts around the globe, it’s focused on helping communities obtain access to food security, safe water and economic opportunity. It strives for tangible impact and collaborates with industry peers, local and international organizations and its employees to afect large-scale change on the issues that matter to the foundation and are of global importance.

NEW LOCATION FOR CONNECTIVITY PROVIDER

Optimum, the local provider of internet, mobile, TV and phone services, has opened a retail store in White Plains, New York, located at 36 Mamaroneck Ave.

The new state-of-the-art facility ofers a modern and interactive in-store experience where customers can explore the complete line of Optimum connectivity oferings, including fber internet with speeds of up to 8 Gig, Smart WiFi 6, mobile, TV and home phone services. Customers who visit the store can register for service, shop the latest mobile devices and accessories, pay bills and receive assistance from a retail associate. “Providing superior support and service to our local customers in Westchester County continues to be a key priority for us at Optimum,” said Vic Pascarelli, vice president, general manager of Optimum Northeast. “We are proud to open a new retail location to serve area residents and are excited to bring new and existing customers Optimum’s full suite of connectivity products from our brand-new store in White Plains, the opening of which is a concrete example of our continued commitment and investments into the local communities we serve.”

Optimum’s 100% Fiber Internet network has recently been recognized by Ookla® Speedtest® for delivering New York’s fastest and most reliable internet speeds, as well as the lowest latency, providing customers with a superior connectivity experience, including multigigabit symmetrical speeds of up to 8 Gig, unlimited data with 99.9% network reliability, increased bandwidth for more devices and Smart WiFi for whole home coverage. When paired with Optimum Mobile, which is delivered over America’s largest, fastest and most-awarded 5G network, customers can experience complete and seamless connectivity both at home and on the go, all through one provider. Optimum also delivers a seamless video and entertainment experience with Optimum Stream, which brings together live TV via the Optimum App alongside access to thousands of other streaming apps available for download through the Google Play Store, all accessible through a customer-friendly interface and compact, sleek device. Optimum is a brand of Altice USA, one of the largest broadband communications and video services providers in the United States, delivering broadband, video, mobile, proprietary content and advertising services to approximately 4.7 million residential and business customers across 21 states.

Optimum retail store in White Plains

EARTH DAY BEAUTIFICATION

Dozens of volunteers gathered on Saturday, April 27, for an Earth Day beautifcation event at Mianus River Park in Greenwich, Connecticut. The morning’s tasks included planting approximately 30 trees and removing invasive winged euonymus species on the trails. The Mianus River Park consists of 109.7 acres in the Mianus/upper Cos Cob neighborhood of Greenwich and 110.3 acres in adjacent Stamford.

Darrin Wigglesworth, town of Greenwich Parks operations manager, started the morning with a training and demonstration on how to properly plant a tree, including placement, handling and adequate mulching. Volunteers included representatives from the Board of Parks

TAKING A SWING AT FOOD INSECURITY THIS SPRING

Gifts of Love, a nonproft that helps feed individuals and families in 43 Connecticut towns after experiencing a fnancial crisis, is challenging golfers across the state to demonstrate their “chari-tee” spirit at the organization’s fourth annual Gifts of Love Golf Tournament on Monday, May 20, at the Golf Club of Avon in Avon, Connecticut. The fundraising event has been the organization’s largest and most successful function to date.

“Although we had a mad dash of registrants and participants when we frst announced the details of our spring golf tournament last month, activity has tapered of in recent days but unfortunately, food insecurity has only grown,” said Lisa Gray, executive director of Gifts of Love. “Simply stated, the more golfers, business sponsors, auction donors and volunteers that get involved, the more mouths we get to feed.”

Gifts of Love is currently seeking donated items valued at $25 or more, and encourages folks to email info@giftsofovect.org to help.

The Tournament opens for registration at 10:30 a.m. and begins with shotgun start at noon. To increase the competitive spirit, there will be various on-course contests and activities, including a putting contest, a longest drive contest, and a closest-to-the pin challenge. Prizes will be awarded to the winners of each contest during a special awards ceremony during dinner. Registration for the tournament is now open at https://giftsofovect.org/golf-tournament-2024/. The cost is $275 for an individual golfer and $1,000 for a foursome. For nongolfers who still want to participate, dinner including open bar is $75. Deadline for registration is Saturday, May 11, 2024. Contact info@giftsofovect.org or call 860-676-2323 for more information.

MANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY NAMED PREFERRED TEACH-OUT PARTNER FOR WELLS COLLEGE

Manhattanville University in Purchase, New York, has been named as the preferred teach-out partner for Wells College in. Aurora, New York, ensuring that the legacy and educational mission of Wells College will continue to thrive. This strategic partnership is aimed at fostering academic excellence and community spirit, as well as preserving the proud traditions of both institutions.

and Recreation, State Representative Rachel Khanna, the Friends of Mianus River Park, the Junior League of Greenwich, and the Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk. Joseph Siciliano, director of Parks and Recreation for the town of Greenwich and the town of Greenwich Tree Warden Dr. Gregory Kramer, along with several Parks Department staf members, were also on hand. First Selectman Fred Camillo stopped by to support the beautifcation as well.

“We appreciate the time volunteers put into enhancing this beautiful park in Greenwich and Stamford. It was impressive to see members of both communities come together in this important efort to improve Mianus River Park,” said Siciliano.

The key elements in the preferred teach-out partnership include the following considerations:

• Manhattanville is highly committed to the sustained preservation of the Wells College legacy. Wells and Manhattanville have expressed their intent to develop a legacy agreement that will seek ways to integrate the Wells College name and history into the Manhattanville community.

•Wells College appreciates the future opportunities to create an endowed chair and scholarships at Manhattanville, which will refect the respect for the academic standards and community values that Wells embodies.

Manhattanville is developing a dedicated housing community for Wells students, ensuring the spirit of camaraderie and community endures. Manhattanville will also create a ‘Wells Student

Advisory Board,’ which will further develop pathways for former Wells students to provide feedback and input directly to the president, key administrators and campus leaders.

The Manhattanville Board of Trustees will consider selected board members from Wells College to sit on the Manhattanville Board. This further blending of the institutions afords Manhattanville the wisdom and experience of both institutions.

“We’ve always been committed to providing our students with a rich educational experience and this partnership with Manhattanville is a testament to our dedication to our students’ future success,” said Jonathan Gibralter, president of Wells College. “I’m grateful to President Sánchez for the collaboration, which will create new avenues for academic and personal growth for our students and be home for our alumnae and alumni where the history of Wells College can be further enshrined.”

This partnership heralds a new chapter for Wells students at Manhattanville. This collaboration promises to ofer an enriched academic environment and a nurturing community for all students, faculty, and alumni alike.

Carol Sicilian, left, of West Hartford and Linda Jainchill of Avon are both long-time volunteers and avid golfers. Photo courtesy of Gifts of Love.

From left: Junior League of Greenwich President Karen Hasterock, Joe Siciliano, Sue Bodson, and Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk President Kerry Safr.

From left: Town of Greenwich Tree Warden Greg Kramer; Director of Parks and Recreation, town of Greenwich Joe Siciliano; Parks and Recreation Board Member and Foundation Co-Chair Sue Bodson; Parks and Recreation Board Member Nancy Chapin; and Friends of Mianus River Park Member Nell Solley.

Legal Records

WESTCHESTER

Court Cases

U.S. Bankruptcy Court White Plains & Poughkeepsie Local business cases, April 24 - 30

The Ryal Schuyler LLC, Nyack, Rona Allen, managing member, 24-22365-SHL: Chapter 11, assets $1 million - $2 million, liabilities $500,000 - $1 million, Attorney: Michelle Toppin.

St. Christopher’s Inc., Dobbs Ferry, Sarah Ruback, CEO, 24-22373-SHL: Chapter 11, assets $10 million - $50 million, liabilities $1 million - $10 million,

Attorney: Janice B. Grubin.

The McQuade Foundation, Dobbs Ferry, Lee Allen, board president, 24-22374-SHL: Chapter 11, assets and liabilities $1 million - $10 million, Attorney: Janice B. Grubin.

U.S. District Court, White Plains Local business cases, April 24 - 30

District No. 9 Union of Painters and Allied Trades funds, White Plains vs. Prime Installations Inc., Brick, New Jersey, 24-cv3286: Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Attorney: Dana L. Henke.

770 Hot Springs Road LLC, Emeryville, California vs. Renaissance Rental Partners, White Plains, et al, 24-cv-3290-CS: Breach of contract. Attorney: Alicia A. Tallbe.

Stephen and Jessica Scott, Waterford, Michigan vs. Intercos America Inc., Congers, 24-cv-3310: Personal injury. Attorney: Jeffrey T. Millman.

DEEDS

Above $1 million

18-20 Kensico LLC, Elmsford. Seller: 18-20 S. Kensico Avenue LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 18-20 S. Kensico Ave., White Plains. Amount: $4.4 million. Filed April 19.

24 Overhill LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Christine Liu, Brooklyn. Property: 24 Overhill Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $4.1 million. Filed April 15.

Adler, Susan, West Harrison. Seller: Al Mashal LLC, New York. Property: 20 Stonewall Circle, Harrison. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed April 17.

BFT Holdings LLC, New York. Seller: Integrity 1444 BPR LLC, Melville. Property: 1444 Boston Post Road, Rye Town. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed April 17.

Church Street 27 Realty LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Shivi Bansal, Scarsdale. Property: 27 Church Lane, Scarsdale. Amount: $3.4 million. Filed April 12.

DNM Properties Inc., New Rochelle. Seller: Talent and Entertainment Unlimited Corp., White Plains. Property: 111 Plain Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed April 17.

Little Deer 11 LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Kedia Gautum, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 57 Franklin Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed April 18.

LW Premier Development Realty Corp., Pelham. Seller: Kathleen Gallagher, Pelham. Property: 840 James St., Pelham. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed April 12.

Spencer East Realty LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Parkway Spencer Building LLC, Scarsdale. Property: 40-52 Eastern Parkway. Scarsdale. Amount: $13 million. Filed April 12.

Below $1 million

139 North Highland Avenue LLC, Ossining. Seller: 139 Highland LLC, Chappaqua. Property: 139 N. Highland Ave., Ossining. Amount: $800,000. Filed April 12.

184 Rumsey LLC, Bronx. Seller: Jennifer German, Yonkers. Property: 184 Rumsey Road, Yonkers. Amount: $820,000. Filed April 16.

204 Woodworth Realty LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Anny Florentino, Bronx. Property: 109 12th Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $659,000. Filed April 19.

Arango, Gabriel, White Plains. Seller: Iron Knight Acquisitions LLC, Yonkers. Property: 166 Elm St., New Rochelle. Amount: $765,000. Filed April 19.

Baba, Jean E., Yonkers. Seller: Yonkers is the Place LLC, Yonkers. Property: 31 Arthur Place, Yonkers. Amount: $350,000. Filed April 11.

Bellantoni, Roseann, Port Chester. Seller: R&J Property Solutions LLC, Yonkers. Property: 32 Glen Ave., Rye Town. Amount: $400,000. Filed April 18.

Bonante, Christopher T., White Plains. Seller: MJD Contracting Corp., Carmel Hamlet. Property: 3170 Albany Post Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $302,000. Filed April 15.

Branca, Gene R., Rye Brook. Seller: Branca Realty LLC, Port Chester. Property: 17 Winding Wood Road, Rye Town. Amount: $900,000. Filed April 12.

BV Capital LLC, Eastchester. Seller: Sheila Estrella, Cortland Manor. Property: 62 Sherwood Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $500,000. Filed April 19.

Cari, Judith, Harrison. Seller: BV Capital LLC, Westbury. Property: 186 West St., White Plains. Amount: $330,000. Filed April 19.

Cassone, John R., Pelham. Seller: Immobili Realty LLC, Yonkers. Property: 312 Seventh Ave., Pelham. Amount: $480,000. Filed April 16.

Danieli, Kenneth, White Plains. Seller: DMC Acquisitions LLC, Yonkers. Property: 106 Puritan Drive, Rye Town. Amount: $276,000. Filed April 19.

Glover, Sidney, Silver Spring, Maryland. Seller: BLSE Purchasers LLC, Harrison. Property: 107 Colonial Place, New Rochelle. Amount: $356,000. Filed April 17.

Johnson, Debra A., Briarciff Manor. Seller: Immobiliare Assets LLC, Mount Kisco. Property: 123 Stanwood Road, Bedford. Amount: $475,000. Filed April 16.

Klementowicz, Joseph R., Hastings-on-Hudson. Seller: 446 Warburton Avenue LLC, Hastings-on-Hudson. Property: 446 Warburton Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $610,000. Filed April 16.

Kunsuluu RE LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Rachel Sibrizzi, Crotonon-Hudson. Property: Route 9, Hudson River, A-22, Cortlandt. Amount: $41,000. Filed April 19.

Langford, Mary E., Chico, California. Seller: Six25 Concierge II LLC, White Plains. Property: 398 Weaver St., Mamaroneck. Amount: $792,000. Filed April 17.

Lilian, Hope, White Plains. Seller: MG Real Estate Improvements LLC, New Rochelle. Property: 50 Quarry Lane, Bedford. Amount: $740,000. Filed April 15.

Mahlab Family Realty LLC, Great Neck. Seller: Diana C. Connolly, Baldwin Place. Property: 124 Teatown Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $325,000. Filed April 16.

Mowery, Mitchell, New York. Seller: 92 Stephen Drive LLC, New York. Property: 92 Stephen Drive, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $568,000. Filed April 12.

MTGLQ Investors LP, Dallas, Texas. Seller: John Kiriakos, Yonkers. Property: 20 Lamartine Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $340,000. Filed April 16.

MTGLQ Investors LP, Dallas, Texas. Seller: Balram Haymraj, Mount Vernon. Property: 249 11th Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $515,000. Filed April 18.

Nielsen Sr., Robert J., Bedford. Seller: Ahsoka Trading LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 217 Greenwich Road, Bedford. Amount: $625,000. Filed April 19.

Pavan, Edward, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Seller: Bedford South Adam LLC, Yonkers. Property: 59 Adams St., Bedford. Amount: $650,000. Filed April 12.

Petitta, Maria, Bedford Hills. Seller: 204 Babbitt Road Partners LLC, Portland, Maine. Property: 204 Babbitt Road, Bedford. Amount: $305,000. Filed April 15.

Pivot Enterprises LLC, Briarcliff Manor. Seller: Brian Weizhe Yu, White Plains. Property: 22 S. Lawn Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $825,000. Filed April 19.

RiverRock Construction LLC, Cold Spring. Seller: Michael Segreto, Peekskill. Property: 1324 Main St., Peekskill. Amount: $42,000. Filed April 19.

Rizzo Jr., Joseph M., Pound Ridge. Seller: Proven RB LLC, Carmel. Property: 20 Woods Bridge Road, Bedford. Amount: $912,000. Filed April 17.

Robinson, Jacqueline, Covington, Georgia. Seller: 15 Taylor Road Inc., New Windsor. Property: 15 Taylor Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $710,000. Filed April 19.

Team Jr., LLC, West Nyack. Seller: Reza Rezvani, New Rochelle. Property: 557 Benedict Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $786,000. Filed April 18.

Tirone, Anthony, White Plains. Seller: US Bank NA, Greenville, South Carolina. Property: 225 Union Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $720,000. Filed April 17.

US Bank NA, Hopkins, Minnesota. Seller: Solterra Properties For 54lV Carmel LLC, Mahopac. Property: 3571 Gomer St., Yorktown. Amount: $465,000. Filed April 12.

US Bank Trust NA, Dallas, Texas. Seller: Kataria Ratna, Scarsdale. Property: 16 Prickly Pear Hill Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $995,000. Filed April 19.

FEDERAL TAX LIENS

Federal Tax Liens, $10,000 or greater, Westchester County, April 24 - 30

Aberdeen Cantonese Restaurant: White Plains, 2020 and 2023 quarterly and corporate taxes, $50,973.

Breuer Premium Pet Food Company Inc.: Bedford, 2019 - 2020 quarterly taxes, $25,504.

Camal, Berta: Ossining, 2019, 2021, 2022 personal income, $37,941.

Chang, Yeun Hee: Ardsley, 2018 - 2020, 2022 personal income, $82,933.

Cherner, Dan: Tuckahoe, 2017 - 2020, 2022 personal income, $125,951.

Gefus SBIC II LP: Port Chester, 2019 annual withholding for U.S. income of foreign person, $30,808.

Lala, Linda: Scarsdale, 2020, 2022 personal income, $165,464.

Learning Shop Inc.: Harrison, 2023 quarterly taxes, $18,676.

Lee, Joo Young: Ardsley, 2018 - 2020, 2022 personal income, $82,933.

Leone, Lillian: Yonkers, 2012, 2017 - 2022 personal income, $20,768.

Moore, Tamara: White Plains, 2020 - 2021 personal income, $105,810.

Mount Kisco Surgery Center LLC: Mount Kisco, 2020 quarterly taxes, $18,943.

Ogbonuba, Frank: Yonkers, 2019, 2021- 2023 personal income and failure to collect employment taxes, $266,744.

Sabater, India C.: Yonkers, 2019 - 2022 personal income, $11,448.

Pagan, Michael and Paula Pagan: Valhalla, 2022 personal income, $34,645.

Santini, Ferdinand R. and Constance Santini: Tarrytown, 2019 - 2022 personal income, $50,944.

Talley, Nigel: Mount Vernon, 2011 personal income, $57,377.

Yaris Contracting Inc.: Valhalla, 2020 - 2023 quarterly and corporate taxes, $24,579.

JUDGMENTS

104 Buena Vista Avenue LLC, et al, Jamaica. $30,340 in favor of the city of Yonkers. Filed March 15.

410 Partners LLC, Mount Kisco. $22,169 in favor of D’Agostino Law Office PC, Pleasantville. Filed March 7.

Acosta, Mirian, Bronx.

$2,442 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed March 22.

Aguirre-Romero, Otilio, Bronx. $16,744 in favor of Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, New York. Filed March 28.

Anaya, Josefina, New Rochelle. $3,745 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed March 5.

Archevald, Jason, New Rochelle. $15,970 in favor of American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah. Filed March 22.

Ashby, Khmera A., Mount Vernon. $3,872 in favor of Capital One NA, McLean, Virginia. Filed March 21.

Aurora Tourism Services LLC, New York. $61,295 in favor of EBF Holdings LLC, New York. Filed March 26.

Awawdeh, Hammad, Yonkers. $114,612 in favor of American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah. Filed March 20.

Baroco Contracting Corp., Yonkers. $279,398 in favor of Cement & Concrete Workers District Council Welfare Fund, Bayside. Filed March 26.

Beckford, Morvette A., Mount Vernon. $10,521 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed March 22.

Belfor, Cyril, Mount Vernon. $4,511 in favor of Capital One NA, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed March 22.

Bread Factory LLC, New Rochelle. $4,243 in favor of Elite Refrigeration Services Inc., Yonkers. Filed March 4.

Broomes, Chrystal D., Mount Vernon. $7,571 in favor of Capital One NA, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed March 28.

Bruery LLC, Placentia, California. $31,158 in favor of Handel Group LLC, South Salem. Filed March 6.

Burgos, Kelsy, Elmsford. $3,965 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed March 8.

Champagne, Daniel, Mohegan Lake. $4,421 in favor of LVMV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed March 11.

Chapman, Kenneth, Yonkers. $3,463 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed March 11.

DeFrancesco, Christian, Cortlandt Manor. $1,465 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed March 11.

Denaut, Paul, Tuckahoe. $16,258 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed March 6.

Diaz, Javier, Harrison. $342,350 in favor of Josmic 2 LLC, Brooklyn. Filed March 15.

Dobeck, Anthony, Scarsdale. $1,998 in favor of Crown Asset Management LLC, Duluth, Georgia. Filed March 6.

Ebenezer Trans Inc., Newark, New Jersey. $1,999 in favor of Encompass Home & Auto Insurance Co., Tarrytown. Filed March 12.

Falvella, John, Montgomery. $350,684 in favor of Half Moon Bay Homeowners Association Inc., Somers. Filed March 6.

Fleischman, Irving, Brooklyn. $116,838 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed March 4.

Garcia, Benjamin, White Plains. $3,133 in favor of Crown Asset Management LLC, Duluth, Georgia. Filed March 6.

Garcia, Maria A., Yonkers. $5,134 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed March 11.

Gonzalez, Marie, Yonkers. $3,393 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed March 6.

Grimes Jr., Alfonzo, Mount Vernon. $9,994 in favor of Department Stores National Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed March 5.

Gubot-Molleno, Rubie A., Mohegan Lake. $1,600 in favor of Hudson Crossing Surgery Center, Fort Lee, New Jersey. Filed March 14.

Guzman, Erika, Peekskill. $4,214 in favor of Capital One NA, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed March 4.

Guzman, Luis M., Sleepy Hollow. $15,766 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed March 12.

Guzman, Susy, Yonkers. $3,916 in favor of Capital One NA, Richmond, Virginia. Filed March 11.

Hernanadez, Miaisa, Yonkers. $3,640 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed March 11.

Hernandez, Alexis, Yonkers. $7,203 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed March 11.

Hernandez, Melissa, Yonkers. $6,910 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed March 11.

Herrera, John J., Ossining. $2,026 in favor of Capital One NA, Richmond, Virginia. Filed March 11.

K&S Imperium, Yonkers. $9,254 in favor of LCF Group Inc., Lake Success. Filed March 7.

Lajqi, Fatmir, South Salem. $7,793 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed March 11.

Lillard, Angela, New Rochelle. $4,333 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed March 12.

Llewellyn, Christina F., Yonkers. $2,367 in favor of Capital One NA, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed March 11.

Madison, Louis, Yonkers. $50,208 in favor of Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, Riverdale. Filed March 6.

Martinez, Jesus, Mount Kisco. $8,421 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed March 11.

McMahon, Derek, New Rochelle. $35,425 in favor of Kristen Giordano, Valley Cottage. Filed March 8.

Morales, Jose, Bedford Hills. $2,169 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed March 11.

Newman, Anthony J., Elmsford. $2,629 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed March 4.

Nieves, Cornelio, Tarrytown. $3,011 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed March 11.

Ortega, Mario, Cortlandt Manor. $3,514 in favor of Hudson Valley Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Filed March 15.

Pasev, Christine, Mamaroneck. $10,633 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed March 11.

Paulino, Jon F., Yonkers. $5,886 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed March 11.

Reinoso, Fiordaliza, Yonkers. $5,107 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed March 11.

Rivera, Angel, Yonkers. $2,109 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed March 11.

Rodriguez, Jessica, South Salem. $15,011 in favor of John C. Guttridge, White Plains. Filed March 11.

Rubiera, Jonathan, Yonkers. $11,226 in favor of Capital One NA, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed March 11.

Sanchez, Lorraine, White Plains. $3,737 in favor of Crown Asset Management LLC, Duluth, Georgia. Filed March 6.

Schwartz, Ronald J., Katonah. $20,431 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed March 6.

Shoptiques Inc., New York. $369,365 in favor of Fedex Corporate Services Inc., Memphis, Tennessee. Filed March 13.

Strauss, Jeffrey S., White Plains. $12,366 in favor of First National Bank of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska. Filed March 13.

Taveras, Luis D A, White Plains. $8,927 in favor of MidHudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston. Filed March 15.

Torres, Samuel, Yonkers. $3,217 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed March 11.

Vargas-Malig, Marina P., Yonkers. $5,114 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed March 5.

LIS PENDENS

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

303 South Broadway Building Company LLC, as owner. Filed by Rocket Mortgage LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $201,000 affecting property located at 38 Baker St., Cortlandt. Filed April 11.

549 Saw Mill LLC, as owner. Filed by US Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $321,000 affecting property located at 549 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers. Filed April 9.

Beck, George, as owner. Filed by US Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $1,337,000 affecting property located at 28 Wrightsmill Road, North Castle. Filed March 29.

Benvenuto, Patrick, as owner. Filed by PNC Bank NA. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $100,000 affecting property located at 45 Leroy St., Pleasantville. Filed April 4.

Calimlim, Jaime, as owner. Filed by US Bank National. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $N/A affecting property located at 612 Baldwin Place, Mamaroneck. Filed April 5.

Carey, Debra A-Heir, as owner. Filed by Mortgage Assets Management LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $938,250 affecting property located at 3 Clovebrook Road, Mount Pleasant. Filed April 8.

City of Yonkers, as owner. Filed by TD Bank NA. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $3,479,425 affecting property located at 941/945 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers. Filed April 10.

Coleman, Edmond, as owner. Filed by US Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $254,800 affecting property located at 24 Lancaster Ave., Cortlandt. Filed April 8.

Cresap, Joan, as owner. Filed by Newrez LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $325,000 affecting property located at 49 Waters Edge, Rye. Filed April 4.

DeGennaro, Antonia, as owner. Filed by US Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $1,335,000 affecting property located at 382 Ardsley Road, Scarsdale. Filed April 3.

Falkenberg, Kai, as owner. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $367,000 affecting property located at 78 Old Lyme Road Chappaqua. Filed April 4.

Helbig, John, as owner. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank Na. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $347,000 affecting property located at 4 Martine Ave., White Plains. Filed April 4.

McIntosh, Dawn, as owner. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $446,729 affecting property located at 238 Claremont Ave., Mount Vernon. Filed April 8.

Molina, Martiza, as owner. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $24,704 affecting property located at 326 William St., Rye. Filed April 5.

Perez, Amado, as owner. Filed by Newrez LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $324,000 affecting property located at 107 W. Hartsdale Ave., Hartsdale. Filed April 10.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

28 South Division Owner LLC, New Rochelle. $624,185 in favor of Thermo Tech Mechanical Inc., Bronx. Filed March 29.

46 Locust Avenue Associates LLC, Rye. $1,397 in favor of Sunbelt Rentals Inc., Islip. Filed April 3.

Knuckles, Lillie B., White Plains. $45,000 in favor of Victor C. Knuckles, White Plains. Filed April 4.

Penna, D. J., Harrison. $1,408 in favor of LBR Mechanical Corp., Brewster. Filed March 29.

Royce, John, Pelham. $2,926 in favor of Rocco Forgione, Eastchester. Filed March 29.

Snisky, Paul, Rye. $39,173 in favor of Landscapers of Westchester LLC, Tuckahoe. Filed April 2.

TH Tarrytown LLC, Greenburgh. $48,952 in favor of Port Consulting Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed April 4.

Legal Records

TH Tarrytown LLC, Greenburgh. $110,652 in favor of Switch Inc. Electrical Contractor, Croton-on-Hudson. Filed April 4.

Warburton Holdings I LLC, Yonkers. $32,457 in favor of Cutting Edge Audio & Video LLC, Lindenhurst. Filed March 29.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

Partnerships

1250 CPA Funding Association, 4 W. Red Oak Lane, White Plains 10604. c/o

James K. Coleman and Kara and Kevin Coleman 2008 Trust. Filed April 2.

3273 W Funding Association, 4 W. Red Oak Lane, White Plains 10604. c/o

James K. Coleman and Kara and Kevin Coleman 2008 Trust. Filed April 2.

581 CPA Funding Association, 4 W. Red Oak Lane, White Plains 10604. c/o

James K. Coleman and Kara and Kevin Coleman 2008 Trust. Filed April 2.

D. Avenue Troy Funding Association, 4 W. Red Oak Lane, White Plains 10604. c/o

James K. Coleman and Kara and Kevin Coleman 2008 Trust. Filed April 2.

Sole Proprietorships

A&L Espinozas Carpenter Design, 14 Gabriel Drive, Cortlandt Manor 10567. c/o Jose Camilo Espinoza. Filed April 5.

ACV Digital Consulting, 6 Shadow Lane, Larchmont 10538. c/o Andrea Vitale. Filed April 1.

Advanced Copy Systems, 75N Saw Mill River, Elmsford 10523. c/o Michael Suhey. Filed April 8.

AI Technology Solutions, 100 Waring Place, No.1, Yonkers 10703. c/o Konan J. Athacon. Filed April 1.

Alure Mobile Detailing, 4 Lee Road, Somers 10589. c/o Nolan Kavanagh. Filed April 3.

Angels Hand Cleaning, 28 Bent Ave., Port Chester 10573. c/o Zurisabay Ruiz. Filed April 4.

Association USA International Chaplain, 90 Locust Hill Ave., Yonkers 10701. c/o Luis M. Marte. Filed April 3.

Bobbys City Tours, 19 Nile St., Yonkers 10704. c/o Robert McCarthy. Filed April 11.

Box Top Marketing, 161 Route 202, Somers 10589. c/o Jennifer Connelly. Filed March 29.

Chimbos Painting, 30 Calam Ave., Ossining 10562. c/o Maria Chimbo. Filed April 4.

Conscious Survival, 54 N. Broadway, Yonkers 10701. c/o James Smith Jr. Filed April 3.

Convent Arts, 3 Church St., No. 654, New Rochelle 10801. c/o Dennis Walsh. Filed April 3.

Covetable, 100 Garden Road, Scarsdale 10583. c/o Victoria Sassa. Filed April 2.

Custom Builds & Racing, 125 Ferris Ave., White Plains 10603. c/o Justin Ramos. Filed March 29.

Cybernate Collaborator, 921 McLean Ave., Apt. C, Yonkers 10704. c/o Ariana Michel. Filed April 9.

D&S Skincare, 126 N. Columbus Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. c/o Eunice Deacon. Filed April 8.

Items appearing in the Westfair Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every efort 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:

HUDSON VALLEY

BUILDING LOANS

Above $1 million

Coremark Wallkill LLC, as owner. Lender: TD Bank. Property: 90 Crystal Run Road, Wallkill. Amount: $2 million. Filed March 13.

Loan Funder LLC Series 65203, as owner. Lender: Arptile Developers LLC. Property: in Otisville. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed March 11.

MH New Upstate Group LLC, as owner. Lender: Broadview Capital LLC. Property: 25 Mountain Road, Monroe. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed March 12.

Northeast Community Bank, as owner. Lender: R. Noam Estates LLC. Property: 7 Garfield Road, Units 201 and 301, Monroe. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed March 11.

Northeast Community Bank, as owner. Lender: Forest Wood LLC. Property: 9 Forest Road. Amount: $6.5 million. Filed March 14.

TD Bank, as owner. Lender: 674 New York, 17K, Lot 2 LLC. Property: 674 State Route 17K, Montgomery. Amount: $3 million. Filed March 11.

Below $1 million

O&R Gardens LLC, as owner. Lender: Broadview Capital LLC. Property: 119 Myrtle Ave., New Windsor. Amount: $145,000. Filed March 12.

Positive Developers LLC, as owner. Lender: Broadview Capital LLC. Property: State Route 32, Newburgh. Amount: $262,000. Filed March 12.

TD Bank, as owner. Lender: Eric Conklin. Property: 82 County Route 51, Campbell Hall. Amount: $500,000. Filed March 11.

Walden Savings Bank, as owner. Lender: Cody and Angela Waite. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $300,000. Filed March 13.

DEEDS

Above $1 million

SB Farms Trust, Millbrook. Seller: Stone Hill Manor II LLC, Millbrook. Property: 895 and 869 Chestnut Ridge Road, Millbrook. Amount: $14 million. Filed March 20.

Toad Hill LLC, Millbrook. Seller: Hitchcock Cattle Corp., Millbrook. Property: 544 Stanford Road, Millbrook. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed March 21.

Weisberg, Joshua, Brooklyn. Seller: 403 Schultzville Road LLC, Clinton Corners. Property: in Clinton. Amount: $5.9 million. Filed March 21.

Below $1 million

534 Main Holding LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Herbert H. Redl, Poughkeepsie. Property: city of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $100,000. Filed March 13.

6713 Route 55 LLC, Wingdale. Seller: Brett M. Fusco, Wingdale. Property: Dover. Amount: $420,000. Filed March 15.

A&N Houses LLC Woodside. Seller: Daniel Ducey, Red Hook. Property: city of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $230,000. Filed March 15.

Atkinson, Revel, New York. Seller: 239 All Angels LLC, Wappinger Falls. Property: 9 Garfield Place, city of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $580,000. Filed March 18.

Buoncora, Ashley Morgan, Wappinger Falls. Seller: PHH Mortgage Corp., West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 284 Crum Elbow Road, Hyde Park. Amount: $226,000. Filed March 11.

Castaldo Holdings Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Dawn S. Calvin, Wappinger Falls. Property: Wappinger Falls. Amount: $212,000. Filed March 11.

DeCrosta, Jared, Marlboro. Seller: 46 Homer LLC, Warwick. Property: 46 Homer Place, town of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $314,500. Filed March 12.

Ewing, Eric, Red Hook. Seller: 2311 Livingston LLC, Tivoli. Property: Red Hook. Amount: $320,000. Filed March 20.

Gemmati, Donato, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Property: LaGrange. Amount: $185,000. Filed March 18.

Gold Score Properties Inc., Washingtonville. Seller: Robert Scott Emslie, Poughkeepsie. Property: 17 Corlies Ave., city of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $135,000. Filed March 15.

Henry Hearth & Home Realty LLC, LaGrangeville. Seller: Eileen T. Hannon, Poughkeepsie. Property: 4 Rockledge Road, Hyde Park. Amount: $275,000. Filed March 14.

Joseph, Gary, Beacon. Seller: Joseph Lori Builders Inc., Beacon. Property: city of Beacon. Amount: $65,000. Filed March 12.

Katz, Jeffrey, New York. Seller: Putnam County National Bank of Carmel, Carmel. Property: 30 Concettas Way, Stanford. Amount: $775,000. Filed March 18.

KB Properties of the Hudson Valley LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Davis Avenue Holdings LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 21 Davis Ave., town of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $505,000. Filed March 13.

Khan, Shafayet Islam, New Hyde Park. Seller: Vernon Terrace LLC, Montvale, New Jersey. Property: 22 Vernon Terrace, city of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $318,000. Filed March 20.

Kimble, Michael T., Scarsdale. Seller: CC&TC Holdings LLC, Hopewell Junction. Property: Beekman. Amount: $480,000. Filed March 14.

Laffin, Nicholas, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Property 1 Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 13 Ravine Road, Hyde Park. Amount: $325,000. Filed March 13.

Lu, Zhenglian, Highland. Seller: Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 40 Cardinal Drive, Town of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $377500. Filed March 14.

Mackey, Janice, Beacon. Seller: Fairport Asset Management REO LLC, Rochester. Property: 78 Maple Ave., Fishkill. Amount: $445,000. Filed March 13.

Maiquiza, Monica, Newburgh. Seller: NDW Realty LLC, Beacon. Property: 2 Hiko Place, Fishkill. Amount: $60,000. Filed March 25.

MBVP Realty LLC, Bronx. Seller: Terra Group 201 LLC, Saugerties. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $146,500. Filed March 19.

McGrath, Liam Daniel, Brewster. Seller: Front Porch Properties LLC, Wappinger Falls. Property: 655 Eder Road, East Fishkill. Amount: $469,000. Filed March 19.

Mollette, Isabella, Kingston. Seller: ABD Stratford LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: town of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $650000. Filed March 13.

O’Connor, Daniel, Northport. Seller: 29 HKR LLC, Washingtonville. Property: 29 Hooker Ave., city of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $550000. Filed March 20.

Olokodana, Ibrahim, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Grove Home Construction LLC, Pleasant Valley. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $507,000. Filed March 19.

Pereira, Delmar Martins, New Rochelle. Seller: 40 Evergreen Avenue LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: town of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $322,000. Filed March 14.

Prime Storage Wappingers Falls Land LLC, Saratoga Springs. Seller: Redl Real Estate LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 21 New Hackensack Road, Wappinger Falls. Amount: $81,500. Filed March 13.

Prime Storage Wappingers Falls Land LLC, Saratoga Springs. Seller: Redl Real Estate LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: Route 9, Wappinger Falls. Amount: $160,000. Filed March 11.

Red Barn Enterprises LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Munther N. Nishiewat, Poughkeepsie. Property: i Hyde Park. Amount: $281,500. Filed March 20.

RG Duell LLC, Fishkill. Seller: David Garren, Staatsburg. Property: Hyde Park. Amount: $100,000. Filed March 21.

Rhinebeck MM LLC, New York. Seller: Rosemary C. Fleiss, New Fairfield, Connecticut. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $485,000. Filed March 20.

Saunders, Alphea, Poughkeepsie. Seller: REO 2022 NR1 LLC, Chicago, Illinois. Property: 106 Van Wagner Road, town of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $250,000. Filed March 22.

Shisler 1979 Trust, Port Ludlow, Washington. Seller: 4244 Route 44 LLC, Pleasant Valley. Property: 4244 Route 44, Millbrook. Amount: $900,000. Filed March 15.

Slocum, Liam, Wappinger Falls. Seller: US Bank Trust NA, Dallas, Texas. Property: 1 S. Pearlson Ave., Wappinger Falls. Amount: $320,000. Filed March 13.

Soak & Rinse LLC, Thiells. Seller: Sean A. Christie, Yonkers. Property: city of Poughkeepsie. Amount: $415,000. Filed March 25.

Spruce Ridge 49 LLC, Wappinger Falls. Seller: Scheno Trust, Fishkill. Property: 49 Spruce Ridge Drive, Fishkill. Amount: $379,500. Filed March 20.

U Park U Pick LLC, Elmsford. Seller: Jonathan H. Kagan, New York. Property: in Stanford. Amount: $825,000. Filed March 12.

JUDGMENTS

A&W Products Company Inc., Port Jervis. $112,584 in favor of XPO Logistics Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed March 27.

Adorno, Francesca and Jose Santana, Middletown. $6,582 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed April 2.

Alarcon, Jorge Plata, Middletown. $9,045 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed April 2.

Arayto, Ysaias and Carmen Lora, Middletown. $6,457 in favor of AMP Rentals Inc., Middletown. Filed April 2.

Brudniak, Samantha, Middletown. $5,239 in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp., Southfield, Michigan. Filed April 2.

Charles, Francia and Gasnel Beausejour, Middletown. $2,720 in favor of Scotchtown Associates Inc., Middletown. Filed April 2.

Collins, Brittany, Port Jervis. $5,318 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed April 1.

Cruz, Adilene, Newburgh. $6,686 in favor of TD Bank USA, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Filed March 27.

Delagarde, Darryl D., Middletown. $6,999 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed April 1.

Dziados, Robert, Middletown. $9,193 in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp., Southfield, Michigan. Filed April 2.

Echeandia, Jessica, Middletown. $1,621 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed April 2.

Einhorn, Shmuel, Monroe. $25,423 in favor of Hudson Valley Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Filed March 27.

Escolano, Christina, Middletown. $6,395 in favor of Hudson Valley Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Filed March 27.

Evans, Shalamar, New Windsor. $10,972 in favor of Hudson Valley Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Filed March 27.

Ferara, Kimberlee R., Middletown. $30,062 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed March 27.

Gaglioti, Gianna, Port Jervis. $1,124 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed April 1.

Garcia, Jeronimo Tlaptelta and Luis J Cruz Martinez, Newburgh. $8,525 in favor of Mazel Realty Inc., Monroe. Filed March 26.

Gotay, Adelina, Middletown. $1,547 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed April 1.

H&F Executive Inc., et al, Monroe. $59,423 in favor of KeyBank National Association, Buffalo. Filed April 2.

Herbert, Sharena, Middletown. $2,970 in favor of Sunrise Gardens LP, Middletown. Filed April 2.

Holmes, Yesenia, Middletown. $1,221 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed April 2.

Howard, Kerensa, Monroe. $2,647 in favor of Unifund CCR LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio. Filed March 26.

Javier, Christina, Middletown. $2,407 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed April 1.

Jones, Crystal and Dayvon Parker, Middletown. $6,372 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed April 2.

Knight, Chakirah, Middletown. $10,169 in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp., Southfield, Michigan. Filed April 2.

Lanza, Jina, Newburgh. $10,877 in favor of Westport Management LLC, Newburgh. Filed April 2.

Live Construction Corp., Warwick. $3,564 in favor of Sunbelt Rentals Inc., Fort Mill, South Carolina. Filed March 26.

Lopez, Christian K., Middletown. $4,912 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed April 1.

Maceda, Eduardo, Newburgh. $10,626 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed April 2.

Maldonado, Sonia Mata, Middletown. $2,282 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed April 1.

Malick, Jacqueline, Port Jervis. $2,010 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed April 1.

Mickel, Ravena, Newburgh. $12,500 in favor of 69 Townsend LLC, Newburgh. Filed April 2.

Murray, Shantanee A., Newburgh. $8,339 in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp., Southfield, Michigan. Filed April 2.

Nava, Javier, Newburgh. $3,301 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed April 2.

Otero, Ines, Middletown. $5,072 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed April 2.

Pena, Jeremy, Middletown. $4,470 in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp., Southfield, Michigan. Filed April 1.

Phillips, Jeffrey, Newburgh. $1,676 in favor of Cypress Financial Recoveries LLC, Dumont, New Jersey. Filed April 1.

Rosario, Victor, et al, Middletown. $5,088 in favor of Boulder Pointe Apartments LLC, Lodi, New Jersey. Filed April 2.

Santos, Herbert, Middletown. $3,877 in favor of Tompkins Community Bank, Ithaca. Filed March 27.

Schuler, Jalia, Middletown. $2,520 in favor of Deerfield Commons Limited Partnership, Middletown. Filed April 2.

Schuler, John C., Middletown. $5,146 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed April 2.

Shimoni, Sara, Middletown. $8,262 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed April 1.

Simpson, Michael, Middletown. $18,173 in favor of Sterling Parc at Middletown, Middletown. Filed April 2.

Slesinski, Charleen M., Middletown. $2,917 in favor of Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed April 2.

Slover, Pamela, Montgomery. $11,066 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed March 27.

Smith, Brice P., Middletown. $2,179 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed April 1.

Stewart, Tjuana, Newburgh. $2,097 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed April 2.

Terrasi, Patricia, New Windsor. $4,581 in favor of Hudson Valley Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Filed March 27.

Tinnelly, Daniel, Middletown. $14,369 in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp., Southfield, Michigan. Filed April 1.

Turab, Mahwish, Florida. $5,421 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed April 2.

Way, Abigail, Wallkill. $14,102 in favor of BAB Property LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Filed April 1.

Weston, Tim, Middletown. $6,800 in favor of Freedom Katz LLC, Monroe. Filed April 1.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

Cooper, Angela aka as owner. $12,544 in favor of Frank J. Tucek & Son Inc. Property: 71 S. Midland Ave., Nyack. Filed March 12.

Fischer, Hershy, as owner. $3,420 in favor of Colonial Property Management. Property: 20 Torne Brook Road, Hillburn. Filed March 12.

Germano, Louis S., as owner. $42,357 in favor of Elemental Grounds Landscape Contractors Inc. Property: 179 Orange Turnpike, Ramapo. Filed March 28.

Harbors Haverstraw Homeowners Association

Inc., as owner. $10,223 in favor of Thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp. Property: Haverstraw. Filed March 26.

Montebello Developments LLC, as owner. $22,144 in favor of Sunbelt Rentals Inc. Property: 250 Lafayette Ave., Montebello. Filed March 15.

Prime Storage Nanuet LLC, as owner. $2,866 in favor of TK Elevator Corp. and Thyssenrupp Elevator Corp. Property: in Saratoga Springs. Filed March 20.

Silber, Asher and Chana Mermelstein, as owner. $7,000 in favor of Segelman Shaw LLC. Property: 25 Sherwood Ridge Road, Pomona. Filed March 25.

Wanounou, David and Shoshana Wanounou, as owner. $23,081 in favor of EZ Wiring & Electric Contractor Inc. Property: 12 Marisa Drive, Ramapo. Filed March 27.

Washington Mews LLC, as owner. $25,943 in favor of EZ Electric Inc. Property: 15 Washington Ave., Suffern. Filed March 14.

Washington Mews LLC, as owner. $80,395 in favor of Advanced Comfort & Energy Solutions Inc. Property: 15 Washington Ave., Suffern. Filed March 21.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

Partnerships

Gonzalez Services, 1 Acres Way, Chester 10918. c/o Evaristo and Miguel Jimenez Gonzalez. Filed April 3.

Sole Proprietorships

Attachment Healing Help, 806 Wiliamsburg Drive, Mahopac 10541. c/o McCormack Jonathan. Filed March 20.

Brittany Sonya Photography, 38 E. Main St., Walden 12586. c/o Sonya Field Brittany. Filed April 4.

Central Valley Hand Wash & Detail, 238 Route 32, Central Valley 10917. c/o Nelson Reyes. Filed April 2.

Charlottedidmynails, 427 Philo St., New Windsor 12553. c/o Martin Charlotte Mackenzie. Filed April 1.

Chimera Creatrix Studios, 55 Steuben Road, Garrison 10524. c/o Spring Winifred King. Filed March 26.

Geter Commercial Cleaning, 90 West St., Newburgh 12550. c/o Marcus Jamall Geter. Filed March 28.

Hoopers Academy, 1085 Washington Green, New Windsor 12553. c/o Muigai Shanna Sands. Filed April 1.

Kasa Sports, 1 Nicoll St., Washingtonville 10992. c/o Giovanni Kevin Sabillon. Filed March 28.

Katis Books, 2215 Greenville Turnpike, Port Jervis 12771. c/o Katalin Tompos. Filed March 28.

Key To Aesthetics, 1509 Snake Hill Road, New Windsor 12553. c/o Krista M. Johns. Filed March 29.

LJS Alegria Painting, 6 Panorama Drive, Brewster 10509. c/o Alegria E. Dagoberto. Filed March 25.

Nolvis Deli & Market II, 988 New York 22, Brewster 10509. c/o Diaz Rodrigo Mendez and Mendez Rodrigo Diaz. Filed March 26.

Perry Mounts TVS, 114 Top Notch Road, Middletown 10940. c/o Andre Alexander Perry. Filed April 4.

Revival By Gabby, 2001 New York 17M, Second floor, Goshen 10924. c/o Gabrielle Guastamacchia. Filed April 4.

Walnut Hill Farm, 1095 Mountain Road, Port Jervis 12771. c/o Darren Ben Miedema. Filed March 29.

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BUILDING PERMITS

Commercial

L&M Interior Construction LLC, White Plains, New York, contractor for Landmark Square 1-6 LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 101 Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $149,000. Filed March 21.

One Thousand Four Associates LLC, Stamford, contractor for One Thousand Four Associates LLC. Erect LED wall sign on front of building facing Hope Street at 1008 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $22,725. Filed March 6.

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for Harbor Drive Acquisitions LLC. Alter the existing thirdand fourth-floor tenant space at 208 Harbor Drive, Unit 1 Stamford. Estimated cost: $187,000. Filed March 1.

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for Knights of Columbus Charities USA Inc. Change all windows to energy-efficient, patch stucco as required and recoat all at 163 Skymeadow Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $700,000. Filed March 19.

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for ESRT First Stamford Place SPE LLC. Construct corridor and demising partitions to subdivide the west side of fifth floor into three separate tenant spaces at 151 Greenwich Ave., Unit 300, Stamford. Estimated cost: $361,000. Filed March 27.

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for 400 Atlantic Joint Venture LLC and SLJ Atlantic Stamford LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 400 Atlantic St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $14,000,000. Filed March 5.

PHF II Stamford LLC, Stamford, contractor for PHF II Stamford LLC. Install anchor span tent for the Hilton Stamford at 242 Fairfield Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed March 18.

Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Four Stamford Plaza Owner LLC. Perform interior alteration at 107 Elm St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed March 1.

Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, contractor for Stamford Museum & Nature Center. Install a temporary tent for seasonal use at 39 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,196. Filed March 14.

Sync Renewables LLC, Portland, contractor for 75 Henry LLC. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 75 Henry St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $50,048. Filed March 20.

Top Lion Corp., Stamford, contractor for 12 East 37 LLC. Renovate existing office and sundry area on lobby level within the Stamford hotel at 700 E. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed March 12.

Town of Stamford High School, Stamford, contractor for Stamford High School. Perform replacement alterations at 55 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,745,200. Filed March 27.

Whiting Turner Contracting Co., Shelton, contractor for Greenwich Hospital. Perform replacement alterations at 2015 W. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,300,000. Filed March 11.

Items appearing in the Westfair Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every efort 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:

Residential

Laskowski, Matthew and Arielle Feiman, Stamford, contractor for Matthew Laskowski and Arielle Feiman. Construct a lower-level accessory dwelling at 32 Turner Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $350,000. Filed March 19.

Lecla Home Improvements and Roofing Inc., Danbury, contractor for Kiani Hamid. Remove existing roof and reroof 32 Old Barn Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,750. Filed March 8.

Lueders, Matthew K., Stamford, contractor for Jason and Shira Saibel. Construct an in-ground shotcrete pool at 63 Sanford Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $91,000. Filed March 13.

Lunex Power Inc., Tampa, Florida, contractor for Corey F. and Sonia A. Testa. Install 22 solar panels on roof of residence at 78 Crane Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $53,041. Filed March 15.

Marut Home Improvement LLC, Shelton, contractor for Michal Kabata and Aleksandra Indrian. Remove existing roof and install new sheathing, asphalt shingles and metal roof installation at 9 Webbs Hill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $48,000. Filed March 17.

Momentum Solar LLC, South Plainfield, New Jersey, contractor for Shala Uddin M.D. and Begum Amira. Install rooftop solar modules and inverters at 93 William St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $39,031. Filed March 18.

Momentum Solar LLC, South Plainfield, New Jersey, contractor for Tom Hoyos Salazar and Doylith Hoyos Dominguez. Install rooftop railed solar modules/inverters at 89 West Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $18,450. Filed March 13.

Omega Development LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Zuleyka Alleyne. Remodel kitchen and powder room and second-floor laundry and convert one bedroom into a bathroom at 113 Barclay Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed March 27.

Perparim, Kaba, Stamford, contractor for Kaba Perparim. Replace windows and front and rear doors at 6 Hartswood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed March 12.

Perparim, Kaba, Stamford, contractor for Kaba Perparim. Install vinyl siding at 6 Hartswood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,200. Filed March 8.

Posigen Developer LLC, Saint Rose, Louisiana, contractor for Jesus Pareja and Julio C. Espinoza. install roof-mounted solar panels at 47 Depinedo Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,200. Filed March 8.

Posigen Developer LLC, Saint Rose, Louisiana, contractor for Coq Rosemene Dalencourt. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 60 Avery St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $45,800. Filed March 25.

Pro Folks LLC, Milford, contractor for John M. and Katherine M. Vandall. Finish existing basement for living space and add a new half bathroom (basement is not to be used as sleeping space) at 59 Bertmor Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed March 7.

Profix LLC, Stamford, contractor for Crestwood Land LLC. Construct a new single-family house at 260 Cedar Wood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $800,000. Filed March 20.

Rhino Back Roofing LLC, Simsbury, contractor for Shira N. Zucker. Remove existing roof and reroof 507 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,338. Filed March 13.

Riverside Design and Build LLC, Pound Ridge, New York, contractor for Daniel J. Goldstein. Construct a new deck at 322 Wildwood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed March 28.

Roman Home Improvement LLC, Wilton, contractor for Andrew and Heather Wilk. Renovate the existing house’s first and second floors at 86 Rogers Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $300,000. Filed March 1.

Shvydkyy, Roman, Stamford, contractor for Roman Shvydkyy. Renovate the first floor and expand opening of kitchen doorway at 75 Ledge Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed March 4.

Siljkovic, Saban and Suada Siljkovic, Stamford, contractor for Saban and Suada Silijkovic. Legalize roof replacement and reinforcement at 292 W. Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,800. Filed March 14.

SPB Builders LLC, Stamford, contractor for Michael G. Mezzapelle. Renovate single-family home at 10 Greens Circle Stamford. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed March 25.

SunPower Corporate Systems, Richmond, California, contractor for Liane Martins Lindner. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 31 General Waterbury Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $44,800. Filed March 4.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Tina Marroquin-Mossa. Install 47 roof-mounted solar panels at 59 Old Orchard Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $145,712. Filed March 15.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Benjamin David Klein. Install 50 roof-mounted solar panels at 200 Fifth St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $69,109. Filed March 22.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Giovani S. Lemus. Install 11 roof-mounted solar panels at 9 Carolina Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,300. Filed March 26.

Super K Electric LLC, Stamford, contractor for Richard J. Digeronimo Sr. and Jan Digeronimo. Install a Generac 24kw 120-gallon propane tank at 133 Dogwood Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $17,200. Filed March 19.

COURT CASES

Bridgeport Superior Court

Young Israel of Stamford Inc., Stamford, contractor for Young Israel of Stamford Inc. Install 70 tents with lights, no sidewall, at 69 Oaklawn Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed March 13.

NZ Home Improvement LLC, Stamford, contractor for Kevin G. Palumberi, et al. Remodel a bathroom at 14 Brandywine Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed March 26.

Quality Pro Services LLC, Seymour, contractor for Gerrit and Ismini Naos Nijmeijer. Remove existing shingles and install new architectural shingles at 15 Brooklawn Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $14,750. Filed March 21.

Rhino Back Roofing LLC, Simsbury, contractor for Dumitru and Florentina Pamint. Remove existing roof and reroof 116 Fourth St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,655. Filed March 11.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Karen Fee Tonne. Install 21 roof-mounted solar panels at 477 Den Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $77,997. Filed March 4.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Gabriel M. and Ruth M. Calle. Install 15 roof-mounted solar panels at 93 Culloden Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $42,102. Filed March 13.

Delmark Realty LLC, et al, Cos Cob. Filed by The Ridgefield Supply Company, Ridgefield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Zullo Zullo & Jacks Law Office LLC, East Haven Action: The plaintiff supplied the defendant with certain construction goods at its request and accepted the terms contained in a written credit agreement, which it signed. The defendant failed to pay plaintiff the sum. The plaintiff seeks more than $15.000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case No. FBT-CV-24-6132198-S. Filed March 11.

Kindya, Christian K., Bethel. Filed By Annie L. Lynch, Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case No. FBT-CV-24-6132013-S. Filed March 4.

Lonestar Capital Holdings LLC, et al, Hartford. Filed By Square Funding LLC, Darien. Plaintiff’s attorney: Steven Berkovitch, Pomona, New York. Action: The plaintiff and defendant executed a commercial standard merchant cash advance (MCA) agreement in favor of plaintiff pursuant to which certain sums of money were advanced to the defendants and required to be prepaid to plaintiff. The defendants were required to make daily payments, however the defendants have breached the obligations of the MCA and failed to tender the daily installment payments when due. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case No. FBT-CV-24-6132668-S. Filed March 25.

Persson, Ardys, Southport. Filed by Nicole Salati, Milford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Weber & Rubano LLC, Wallingford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case No. FBT-CV-24-6132921-S.

Filed April 1.

Sanabria-galdamez, Denilson, Stamford. Filed

By Veronica Zelaya, Stamford.

Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown.

Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case No. FBT-CV-24-6132142-S.

Filed March 8.

Danbury Superior Court

Boisvert, Courtney, Danbury. Filed by The Danbury Hospital, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gambardella Cipriano Gottlieb & Hathaway, Hamden. Action: The plaintiff provided hospital services and supplies to the defendant. However, the defendant has neglected or refused to pay the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages less than$15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case No. DBD-CV-24-6049206-S. Filed Feb. 20.

Clarke, Yasmin, Danbury. Filed by Ftihia Galiano, Sherman. Plaintiff’s attorney: Joseph J. Romanello Jr. Attorney at Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000 exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-24-6049301-S. Filed Feb. 27.

Crandell, Barbara S., et al, New Milford. Filed by Patricio B. Loja, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000 exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case No. DBD-CV-24-6049613-S. Filed March 25.

Morina, Bledian, et al, Newton. Filed by Joseph Ottoshavett, Brookfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore O’Brien & Foti, Middlebury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000 exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-24-6049369-S. Filed March 5.

Mount Southington Ski Area Inc., Southington. Filed by Gemma Marks p.p.a. Kimberly Marks, Newtown. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ryan Ryan Deluca LLP, Bridgeport. Action: The minor plaintiff participated in a skiing class held at the defendant’s premises. While participating in the skiing class held on the premises, the binding on the skis rented to the plaintiff by the defendant came loose and directly caused the plaintiff to fall. As the plaintiff fell, the skis rented to her cut through several layers of clothing and sliced open her right leg below her right kneecap. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-24-6049223-S. Filed Feb. 20.

Stamford Superior Court

Carbon Enterprises Inc., Hartford. Filed by Square Funding LLC, Darien. Plaintiff’s attorney: Steven Berkovitch, Pomona. Action: The plaintiff and defendant executed a commercial standard merchant cash (MCA) advance agreement in favor of plaintiff pursuant to which certain sums of money were advanced to the defendants and required to be repaid to plaintiff. The defendants were required to make daily payments, however the defendants have breached the obligations of the MCA and failed to tender the daily installment payments when due. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000 exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-24-6065866-S. Filed March 25.

Chauciontut, Michelle D., Norwalk. Filed by The Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gambardella Cipriano Gottlieb & Hathaway, Hamden. Action: The plaintiff provided hospital services and supplies to the defendant. However, the defendant has neglected or refused to pay the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-24-6065516-S. Filed March 4.

HRG Property Management LLC., et al, Nashville, Tennessee. Filed by Uptop Financial LLC, Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: Hassett & George PC, Simsbury. Action: The plaintiff as buyer and defendant as seller, executed an agreement, whereby defendant promised to pay plaintiff a sum certain for future receivables, plus other fees. The agreement is in default because of defendant’s failure to make payments and the intentional blockage of the payments being made after receiving funds from plaintiff despite efforts to reconcile the payments. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV24-6065650-S. Filed March 12.

Sentinel Real Estate Corp., Hartford. Filed by Erin Stites, Wilton. Plaintiff’s attorney: Adamucci LLC, Greenwich. Action: The plaintiff and defendant entered into a residential lease agreement for the apartment numbered B218. Shortly after moving into the apartment, plaintiff noticed mouse or other rodent droppings and/ or mold problem. Plaintiff and other residents notified and or complained to defendant about the infestation. Defendant failed to adhere to the complaints and has breached its duties. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $2,500, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-24-6065714-S. Filed March 15.

DEEDS

Commercial

1 Rock Spring Road LLC, Stamford. Seller: Benedetto Mallozzi and Antoinette Mallozzi, Stamford. Property: 1 Rock Spring Road, Stamford. Amount: $N/A. Filed April 1.

51 Sky Top Partners LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Daniel Keningsberg, East Setauket, New York. Property: 51 Sky Top Terrace, Fairfield. Amount: $10. Filed April 17.

Acer Properties LLC, Southport. Seller: John Seiler, Sharon Springs, New York. Property: 130 Woodrow Ave., Southport. Amount: $605,000. Filed April 15.

Smith, Stephen E. and Janet E. Smith, Old Greenwich. Seller: SE & JE Smith LLC, Greenwich. Property: 16 Ledge Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $N/A. Filed April 11.

The HSU Family Revocable Trust, Scarsdale, New York. Seller: Nicholas Campofranco and Emily S. Campofranco, Greenwich. Property: 47 Lafayette Place, Unit 1I, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed April 9.

The Jon M. Hunsman Jr. Revocable Trust, Greenwich. Seller: Two Oneida Drive LLC, Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 2 Oneida Drive, Unit F, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed April 8.

The Lauren Tanenbaum 2024 Living Trust, Greenwich. Seller: Eric Vincent, Greenwich. Property: 55 Byram Shore Road, Greenwich. Amount: $4,510,000. Filed April 10.

Residential

Antonopoulos, Nick and Kristen Antonopoulos, Stamford. Seller: Bruce Friedman and Laura Healy, Stamford. Property: 175 S. Lake Drive, Stamford. Amount: $1,900,000. Filed April 1.

Armentano, Michael, Greenwich. Seller: Jane Fahringer Kochersperger, Greenwich. Property: Unit D-1, The Old Mansion House Condominium, Greenwich. Amount: $415,000. Filed April 12.

Barrenechea, Carlos Manuel, Stamford. Seller: Mario F. Capella and Elizabeth Capela, Easton. Property: 50 Elmcroft Road, Stamford. Amount: $450,000. Filed April 2.

Blenke, Kevin H. and Susan P. Blenke, Stamford. Seller: Elizabeth B. Bodek and Haim Y. Bodek, Stamford. Property: 11 Sea Beach Drive, Stamford. Amount: $1,550,000. Filed April 1.

Buller, Agnieszka, Fairfield. Seller: Montauk Builders LLC, Fairfield. Property: 723 S. Pine Creek Road, Unit 723, Fairfield. Amount: $1,275,000. Filed April 17.

Butterworth, Luke Benjamin and Trudie Louise Butterworth, Stamford. Seller: Marianne K., Dolan, Stamford. Property: 49 Cross Road, Stamford. Amount: $988,000. Filed April 3.

Culhane, Sandra, Fairfield. Seller: Eleftheria Recachinas, Fairfield. Property: 130 Brookfield Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $540,000. Filed April 19.

Dodd, Thomas Justin, Greenwich. Seller: 30 Hunt Terrace LLC, Greenwich. Property: 30 Hunt Terrace, Greenwich. Amount: $2,350,000. Filed April 10.

Doherty, John M. and Aniella M. Doherty, New York, New York. Seller: Michael Asaro and Erica L. Asaro, Fairfield. Property: 1230 S. Pine Creek Road, Fairfield. Amount: $2,000,000. Filed April 17.

Esparza, Amy and Raul Esparza, Fairfield. Seller: 842 South Pine LLC, Monroe. Property: 368 S. Pine St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,900,000. Filed April 15.

Ferguson, Liam, Stamford.

Seller: Angel Acosta and Claudia Esteva, Stamford. Property: 1633 Washington Blvd., Unit 5C, Stamford. Amount: $435,000. Filed April 1.

Fink, Tamara, Old Greenwich. Seller: Doron Sabag and James B. Hoffman, Stamford. Property: 63 John St., Greenwich. Amount: $13,550,000. Filed April 9.

Font, Haley A., Stamford. Seller: Mary Jo Picard-Ami, Stamford. Property: 2289 Bedford St., Unit 13, Building 6, Stamford. Amount: $452,000. Filed April 4.

Gastrau, Steven, Mamaroneck, New York. Seller: Agnieszka D. Kotlinska, Stamford. Property: 20 Maple Tree Ave., Unit H, Stamford. Amount: $370,000. Filed April 4.

Gore, Lawrence and Michelle Gore, Fairfield.

Seller: Joseph Inzitari and Gloria Inzitari, Fairfield. Property: 132 Pequot Ave., Southport. Amount: $470,000. Filed April 19.

Gupta, Arpit and Amanda Gupta, Stamford. Seller: Kenneth G. Allen and Catherine M. Allen, Fairfield. Property: 67 Oakwood Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $699,000. Filed April 17.

Gutierrez, Nicholas and Samantha Gutierrez, New York, New York. Seller: Manuel Sousa and Katherine Sousa, Westport. Property: 17 Anvil Road, Southport. Amount: $1,880,000. Filed April 16.

Hayes, Christopher and Cristin Hayes, Greenwich. Seller: Suneet Agarwal and Martha Agarwal, Greenwich. Property: Lot 1, Map 4382, Greenwich. Amount: $1,995,000. Filed April 9.

Hut, Susan and Luke Davis, Greenwich. Seller: Susan Hut, Greenwich. Property: 43 Crown Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $0. Filed April 8.

Jiang, Renshen and Hou Ngar Zheng, Bayside, New York. Seller: Dorota Boltruczuk and Marek Boltruczuk, Stamford. Property: 511 W. Main St., Unit 8, Stamford. Amount: $330,000. Filed April 1.

Katsaros, Elle Olivia, Mamaroneck, New York. Seller: 108 Henry LLC, Greenwich. Property: 108 Henry St., Greenwich. Amount: $700,000. Filed April 9.

Kelly, Bronson and Caitlin Antosy, Easton. Seller: Thomas A. Carey and Amy Carey, Fairfield. Property: 575 Hulls Farm Road, Fairfield. Amount: $N/A. Filed April 16.

Kelly, Nicole and Anthony Esposito, Peekskill, New York. Seller: Julianna M. Labella, Stamford. Property: 95 Columbus Place, Unit 6, Stamford. Amount: $565,000. Filed April 3.

Librandi, Michelle, Stamford. Seller: Donald Kane, Stamford. Property: 85 Riverside Ave., Unit B4, Stamford. Amount: $321,727. Filed April 2.

Maginot, Christelle, Stamford. Seller: Angel O. Torres, Stamford. Property: 44 Penzance Road, Stamford. Amount: $N/A. Filed April 3.

Magrini, Paul and Courtney Magrini, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Richard A. Piotrzkowski and Anne Piotrzkowski, Stamford. Property: 166 Fishing Trail, Stamford. Amount: $900,000. Filed April 2.

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Mishchenko, Vadym, Greenwich. Seller: Gregory Casey and Anthony Piazza, Greenwich. Property: 36 Hollow Wood Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $859,000. Filed April 11.

Murphy, Timothy and Allison Murphy, Stamford. Seller: Wendy Goldman, Stamford. Property: 123 Apple Valley Road, Stamford. Amount: $896,000. Filed April 4.

Naclerio, Elizabeth, Greenwich. Seller: Joan M. Blackburn, Ithaca, New York. Property: 52 Lafayette Place, Unit 1E, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed April 12.

Perosino, Marissa L. and Nicholas J. Perosino, Fairfield. Seller: Kavyashree Krishnappa and Srinivas Venkatesh, Fairfield. Property: 197 Farmington Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $545,000. Filed April 16.

Rincon, Aimee and Gabriel Rincon, Cos Cob. Seller: Michael J. Parsons and Siri M. Parsons, Riverside. Property: 34 Loading Rock Road, Riverside. Amount: $2,300,000. Filed April 11.

Rohira, Hitesh and Pooja Hitesh, Riverside. Seller: Theresa M. Nicolalde, Greenwich. Property: 103 Halstead Ave., Unit A., Greenwich. Amount: $690,000. Filed April 12.

Schutzman, Mark and Nancy Schutzman, Fairfield. Seller: RTB Fairfield LLC, Trumbull. Property: 40 Gould Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $1,500,000. Filed April 15.

Seigerman, Matthew and Arielle Spigarelli, Fairfield. Seller: Brian Youngs and Linsay Swan Youngs, Fairfield. Property: 348 Veres St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,389,000. Filed April 16.

Taheri, Rod, Norwalk. Seller: Patrick Malloy and Diane Malloy, Stamford. Property: 245 Long Close Road, Stamford. Amount: $1,725,000. Filed April 1.

Townes, Evinn, Stamford. Seller: Edward Barlow and Lisa Ann Barlow, Stamford. Property: 22 Mill Stone Circle, Stamford. Amount: $860,000. Filed April 2.

Uribe, Ramiro and Mercedes A. Uribe, Fresh Meadows, New York. Seller: Lizbeth ArbietoLopez, Stamford. Property: 125 Prospect St., Unit 1H, Stamford. Amount: $225,000. Filed April 3.

Wieneke, Michael Richard and Jessica Grace Wieneke, Greenwich. Seller: Gina Maria Carriero, Stamford. Property: 12 Loughran Ave., Stamford. Amount: $776,000. Filed April 4.

Zheng, Kathleen, Stamford. Seller: Georgeann Gibson, Stamford. Property: 245 Hamilton Ave., No.7, Stamford. Amount: $405,000. Filed April 2.

LIS PENDENS

Andrianus, Phillip and Barbara Andrianus, Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Hampshire House Inc. Property: 96 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed April 10.

ESRT First Stamford Place SPE LLC, Stamford. Filed by McCarter & English LLP, Stamford, for Wilmington Trust. Property: 100-300 First Stamford Place, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed April 3.

French III, Lew Daniel, Fairfield. Filed by Parrino/ Shattuck PC, Westport, for Alyssa Rubin French. Property: 510 Hoydens Hill Road, Fairfield. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed April 3.

Kelley, Irene and Peter Kinahan, Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 68 Barmore Drive West, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ Mortgage. Filed April 2.

McGrath, William S, Greenwich. Filed by Law Office of Wayne D. Effron PC, Greenwich, for Juliette P. McGrath. Property: 115 Lockwood Road, Riverside. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed March 27.

Mike’s Organic Delivery LLC, et al, Stamford. Filed by Mark Sank & Associates LLC, Stamford, for Linda and Marc’s LLC. Property: 47 Larkin St., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed April 5.

Milewski, Michael, Stamford. Filed by Mark Sank & Associates LLC, Stamford, for Marc J. Pannone. Property: 57 Gerik Road, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed April 10.

Napaul, Bernadette, et al, Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, Stamford, for Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority. Property: 45 Vernon Place, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed April 1.

Nino, Rafael, et al, Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority. Property: 31 Woodrow St., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed April 10.

Psichopaidas, Stacey, et al, Stamford. Filed by Barton Gilman LLP, Milford, for Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Property: 17 Peak St., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed April 8.

Woodway Group LLC, Stamford. Filed by Barr & Morgan, Stamford, for Faugno Acquisition LLC. Property: 1335 Hope St., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s Mortgage. Filed April 8.

MORTGAGES

11 Winterset LLC, New Milford, by R. Richard Roina. Lender: Lend Vent SPV 1 LLC, 1160 Kane Concourse, Suite 305, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida. Property: 11 Winterset Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,540,000. Filed March 7.

Amin Construction LLC, Stamford, by John R. Hall. Lender: SHC Lending LLC, 320 Post Road, Suite 115, Darien. Property: 3 Finney Knoll Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $200,000. Filed March 8.

Anarcaya, Alfonso W., Riverside, by Mario P. Musilli. Lender: NexBank, 2515 McKinney Ave.1700, Dallas, Texas. Property: 1465 E. Putnam Ave., Unit224, Old Greenwich. Amount: $331,000. Filed March 11.

Andaur, Felipe and Jennifer Andaur, Fairfield, by Joseph H. Zullo. Lender: Newrez LLC, 601 Office Center Drive, Suite 100, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: 44 Cricket Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $630,850. Filed March 4.

Argentino, Christine, et al, Rye Brook, New York, by James C. Kahn. Lender: US Bank NA, 2800 Tamarack Road, Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 351 Pemberwick Road, Unit 915, Greenwich. Amount: $480,000. Filed March 13.

Balkcom, Kyle and Allison Kent, Brooklyn, New York, by Pamela I. Bae key. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 2160 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 212 Coventry Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $1,399,000. Filed March 1.

Barrow, Solonge and George Schiavone, Stamford, by Hazeez O. Adebayo. Lender: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, D.C. Property: 215 Rocky Rapids Road, Stamford. Amount: $28,966. Filed Feb. 20.

Belland, Laura and Jeffrey Sale, Stamford, by Nathaniel W. Shipp. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 57 Rock Spring Road, Unit 15, Stamford. Amount: $485,100. Filed Feb. 21.

Bickel, Joshua and Cathleen Bickel, Stamford, by Morris L. Barocas. Lender: Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., 4201 Marsh Lane, Carrollton, Texas. Property: 1093 Rock Rimmon Road, Stamford. Amount: $520,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Camomilli, Paul John and Qianwen Yang, Stamford, by Jonathan T. Hoffman. Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 585 S. Boulevard East, Pontiac, Michigan. Property: 53 MacGregor Drive, Stamford. Amount: $580,000. Filed Feb. 20.

Choudhary, Prakshi and Arihant Jain, Stamford, by David P. Lasnick. Lender: Liberty Bank, 315 Main St., Middletown. Property: 185 Courtland Ave., Stamford. Amount: $944,350. Filed Feb. 16.

Emmanuelli, Dominick, New Rochelle, New York, by Cassin M. Maloney Jr. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 222 Shelter Rock Road, Stamford. Amount: $678,400. Filed Feb. 20.

Fernandes, Luis, Fairfield, by Kurt Wehmann. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 1291 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Amount: $370,000. Filed March 4.

Forlini, Pasquale and Giovanna Forlini, Greenwich, by Tiago A. David. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 26 Greenway Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $569,000. Filed March 7.

Gariger, Garole L. and Lawrence H. Garinger, Greenwich, by Silvia Alvarez. Lender: Bank of America NA, 100 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 90 Angus Road North, Greenwich. Amount: $500,000. Filed March 7.

Giannitti, Jessica Irene, Fairfield, by Kellie Ann Vazzano. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 2160 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 673 Tunxis Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $355,000. Filed March 5.

Gotch, John and Tara Gotch, Cos Cob, by Joe H. Lawson II. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 40 Sundance Drive, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,250,000. Filed March 11.

Items appearing in the Westfair Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every efort 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:

Hogan, Wade Tyler, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for US Bank Trust NA. Property: 25 Pleasant St., Cos Cob Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed April 10.

Reyes, Leidy D., et al, Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Pennymac Loan Services LLC. Property: 49 Forest Lawn Ave., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed April 3.

Scopelliti, Louis, et al, Fairfield. Filed by Brock & Scott PLLC, Farmington, for Truist Bank. Property: 28 Newell Place, Fairfield. Action: foreclose defendant’s Mortgage. Filed April 4.

Arpi Soria, Edilberto R., Stamford, by John A. Cassone. Lender: Kind Lending LLC, 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 1000, Santa Ana, California. Property: 197 Knickerbocker Ave., Stamford. Amount: $646,000. Filed Feb. 20.

Baker-Rodriguez, Christine and Alan Rodriguez, Greenwich, by Stephen G. Walko. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 67 Harding Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $998,271. Filed March 11.

Dober, Max, Fairfield, by Christian W. Bujdud. Lender: The Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 69 Lindbergh Court, Fairfield. Amount: $570,000. Filed March 4.

Dwyer, Michael John and Devin Elizabeth Dwyer, Southport, by Gina Marie Davila. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 105 Half Mile Lane, Southport. Amount: $540,000. Filed Feb. 29.

Hershaft, Arthur N., Palm Beach, Florida, by Lynda S. Goldman. Lender: The Bank of New York Mellon NA, 201 Washington St., Eighth floor, Boston, Massachusetts. Property: 7 Wyckham Hill Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $2,050,000. Filed March 7.

Innes, Barbara H., Southport, by John A. Cassone. Lender: M&T Bank, 1 M&T Plaza, Buffalo, New York. Property: 392 Hulls Farm Road Southport. Amount: $1,500,000. Filed March 4.

Islam, Mohammed S., Stamford, by Antoinette R. Kaine. Lender: Meadowbrook Financial Mortgage Bankers Corp., 1600 Stewart Ave., Suite701, Westbury, New York. Property: 6 Lipton Place, Stamford. Amount: $844,423. Filed Feb. 20.

Kim, Harry and Aubrey Rauktys, Fairfield, by Tracey Ann N. Plummer. Lender: Figure Lending LLC, 650 S. Tryon St., Eighth floor, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 500 Cascade Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $136,627. Filed March 4.

Kim, Hee Jin and Keh-Kuan Sun, New Haven, by Lori M. Dion. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 2160 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 49 Rosedale St., Fairfield. Amount: $497,700. Filed March 5.

Labriola, Jennifer and John Labriola, Stamford, by Olive Cassandra Denton. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 151 June Road, Stamford. Amount: $182,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Lesko, Kyle, Fairfield, by Bruce D. Jackson. Lender: Norwich Commercial Group Inc., 38 Security Drive, Avon. Property: 45 Moritz Place, Fairfield. Amount: $451,800. Filed March 5.

Lewis, Mark and Cristina Casati, Greenwich, by Jessie J. Bahamundi. Lender: KeyBank NA, 4910 Tiedeman Road, Suite C, Brooklyn, Ohio. Property: 99 Taconic Road, Greenwich. Amount: $500,000. Filed March 7.

Manser, Carolina M., Stamford, by N/A. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 71 Highland Road, Stamford. Amount: $30,000. Filed Feb. 20.

Marcinek, Bryan Michael and Morgan Marcinek, Fairfield, by Maria Bravo.

Lender: Sikorsky Financial Credit Union Inc., 1000 Oronoque Lane, Stratford. Property: 195 Mayfair Road, Fairfield. Amount: $250,000. Filed Feb. 29.

Nethercott, Dawn G. and William J. Nethercott, Greenwich, by Brett O’Donnell. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 1959 Summer St., Stamford. Property: 17 Harold Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $250,000. Filed March 12.

Pastel, Jonathan and Marjorie Pastel, Greenwich, by Antonio Faretta. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 26 Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $500,000. Filed March 11.

Prada Ortega, Diddier Giovanni, New York, New York, by Erin Spiers Chang. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 32 Arising St., Fairfield. Amount: $427,500. Filed March 1.

Quick, Kevin, Stamford, by Olive Cassandra Denton. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 243 Weed Ave., Stamford. Amount: $230,000. Filed Feb. 20.

Renault, Vincent Jacques and Eglantine Laetitia Celine Renault, Old Greenwich, by Stella Charran. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 10 Rockland Place, Old Greenwich. Amount: $260,000. Filed March 12.

Rog, Maureen E. and Joseph W. Rog, Fairfield, by Mylena V. Teixeira. Lender: M&T Bank, 1 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, New York. Property: 130 Eunice Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $250,000. Filed March 6.

Legal Notices

Russell, Robert L., Southport, by Kevin J. Gumpper. Lender: Robert J. Infantino and Catherine R. Infantino, 54 Windsor Road, Waban, Massachusetts. Property: 175 Sturbridge Lane, Southport. Amount: $93,871. Filed March 5.

Saadat, Furquan, Stamford, by Andrew G. Brucker. Lender: Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., 4201 Marsh Lane, Carrollton, Texas. Property: 57 Rock Spring Road, Unit 18, Stamford. Amount: $360,800. Filed Feb. 20.

Sargent Jr., Charles W. and Connie Ann Sargent, Fairfield, by Edgar Salomon. Lender: M&T Bank, 1 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, New York. Property: 620 Pine Creek Road South, Fairfield. Amount: $200,000. Filed March 4.

Scheppa, Nicholas Joseph and Christine Scheppa, Garden City South, New York, by Jonathan J. Martin. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 2160 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 52 Lafayette Place, Unit 1-F, Greenwich. Amount: $244,000. Filed March 7.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL REPORT Notice is hereby given that the 2022 report for the year ending December 31, 2022 of The Estelle & Seymour Cohn Foundation is available for inspection at its principal office, 509 Remsens Lane, Oyster Bay, New York 11771 during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days after the date of this publication. The Foundation’s principal manager is Paula Anne Hallman, Trustee, 516 449 7772. #63494

Sepulveda-Navarro, Javier and Isabel Ballesteros, Riverside, by Brooke Cavaliero. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 1525 E. Putnam Avenue 407, Old Greenwich. Amount: $255,000. Filed March 11.

Serrao, Alfred D. and Joyce A. Srrao, Fairfield, by Samantha Whyte. Lender: M&T Bank, 1 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, New York. Property: 1938 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield. Amount: $250,000. Filed March 4.

Notice of Formation of Top Grade Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/28/23.Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC 100 High Point Drive, Hartsdale, New York 10530. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63497

Simmons, Charles W., Fairfield, by Heather Crespi. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 640 Unquowa Road, Fairfield. Amount: $500,000. Filed Feb. 29.

Strait, Kathleen M., Fairfield, by John M. Eichholz. Lender: Finance of America Reverse LLC, 8023 E. 63rd Place, Suite 700, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Property: 252 Shoreham Village Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1,650,000. Filed March 4.

Notice of Formation of TSZBioConsulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/05/23. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The Limited Liability Company, 5 Renaissance Sq. PH9G, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63498

Swartz, Barbara, Greenwich, by Frank P. Smeriglio. Lender: M&T Bank, 1 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, New York. Property: 56 Gold St., Greenwich. Amount: $70,000. Filed March 7.

Tenney, Analise, Milford, by Seth J. Arnowitz. Lender: Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., 4201 Marsh Lane, Carrollton, Texas. Property: 19 Colonial Road, Unit 12, Stamford. Amount: $321,500. Filed Feb. 16.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL REPORT Notice is hereby given that the 2022 report for the year ending December 31, 2022 of the Rudolph & Hilda Forchheimer Foundation is available for inspection at its principal office, 287 King Street, Chappaqua, New York 10514, during regular @LEGAL1:business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days after the date of this publication. The Foundationís principal manager is Audrey Steuer, Trustee, 914 238 3800. #63499

Toiriyon, Olim, Stamford, by Leilan S. Robinson. Lender: Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland, 7007 Broadway Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 91 Strawberry Hill Ave., Apt.1027, Stamford. Amount: $196,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Ungari, Michael and Kyle Ungary, Greenwich, by Joel M. Kaye. Lender: Bank of America NA, 20 Greenway Plaza, Suite 900, Houston, Texas. Property: 9 Binney Lane, Old Greenwich. Amount: $4,400,000. Filed March 13.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ALBIíS BEAUTY SALON & SPA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/27/23. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the limited liability company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to Alba Calero: 159 Main Street Ossining NY 10562 Purpose: any lawful business activity. #63500

Vengalli Jr., John S. and Vanessa Tsionis-Agostino, New Fairfield, by Daniel T. Murtha. Lender: Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., 4201 Marsh Lane, Carrollton, Texas. Property: 2225 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield. Amount: $665,990. Filed March 4.

Wei, Kelly and Hua Jiang, Old Greenwich, by Danielle Parr. Lender: US Bank NA, 425 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 1465 Putnam Avenue East, No. 520, Old Greenwich. Amount: $135,000. Filed March 6.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Botanica Skincare Studio LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/21/23. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the limited liability company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to Natasha #63501

Weller, Jan and Pooja P. Weller, Fairfield, by Brian S. Cantor. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 1959 Summer St., Stamford. Property: 211 High Meadow Road, Southport. Amount: $855,000. Filed March 4.

Yahn II, Bruce David and Georgia Lynn Yahn, Stamford, by Nicola Corea. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 74 Arnold Drive, Stamford. Amount: $100,000. Filed Feb. 20.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Modua Studio LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/22/23.

Zeolla, Grace Gong, et al, Greenwich, by Robert E. Colapietro. Lender: Longbridge Financial LLC, 61 S. Paramus Road, Suite 500, Paramus, New Jersey. Property: 17 Cross St., Greenwich. Amount: $1,724,737. Filed March 11.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the limited liability company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to Karen Nieves: 159 Main Street Ossining NY, 10562. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #63502

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Pecado LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/26/23.

Zetchi, Mohamed Akli and Sabrina Chateauvert, Greenwich, by Erin Spiers Chang. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 9 Hillside Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $2,396,000. Filed March 12.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF STARK OFFICE SUITES OF TARRYTOWN LLC (LLC) a Limited Liability company. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/31/23. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC c/o Stark Business Solutions, Inc., 445 Hamilton Avenue, Ste 1102, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #63504

House Painting Services, 405 W. Main St., Apt 1, Stamford 06902, c/o Oliva Brisly Adarly. Filed March 18.

Little Stars Preschool, 350 Roxbury Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Amber PiacenzaCronin. Filed March 13.

Morales Cleaning Service, 557 Cove Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Melvin Morales. Filed March 26.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the limited liability company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served.

Radius Mobile, 30 Buxton Farm Road, Suite 130, Stamford 06905, c/o Radius Holdings LLC. Filed March 6.

NEW BUSINESSES

Business Information Technology Services, 23 Rutz St., Stamford 06906, c/o Otto Goencz. Filed March 26.

SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to Vivian K Lozano: 159 Main Street Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #63503

Crusader Group, 600 Summer St., Suite 204, Stamford 06901, c/o Parkview Advance LLC. Filed March 19.

Diamond Clear Pool Service, 452 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Kevin Omeara. Filed March 4.

Rodriguez Painting and More, 1435 Bedford St., Apt. 14P, Stamford 06905, c/o Fidel Rodriguez. Filed March 27.

Saugatuck Canine Club, 30 Southfield Ave., Apt. 405, Stamford 06902, c/o Matthew Marshall. Filed March 8.

Springdale Pizza, 1087 Hope St., Stamford 06907, c/o Evy Martinez. Filed March 7.

Waterside Deli, 457 Fairfield Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Ramon Rangel. Filed March 8.

Notice of of Limited Company(LLC). of the LLC Articles of filed with State of New office on: 2023. The the Office Westchester. designated LLC upon against it The address SSNY shall any process LLC is: 22A Eastchester,NY Purpose: #63513

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLCî). NAME: 2023 Acquisition Fund, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNYî) on 8/10/23. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Cogency Global, 316 Berrhill Drive, Williamstown, NJ 08094. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #63507 64 South Org. filed of NY (SSNY) Westchester. agent upon against may shall mail Martino, 41 Harrison, Purpose

Legal Notices

Dumbo Aydin LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/15/2024. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to King & King LLP, 629 Fifth Ave, Ste 301, Pelham, NY 10803. General Purpose #63585

638 Central Ventures LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/16/2024. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Kyle Rourke, 126 Viewpoint Terrace, Peekskill, NY 10566. General Purpose #63586

Notice of Formation of PCNY Auto Sport, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/18/24. Ofce location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PCNY Auto Sport LLC, 136 E. 3rd Street, Mt Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63587

Notice of Formation of Tempus LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with SSNY on 01/08/2024. Ofce located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it to the LLC; 415 Cortlandt Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited company may be formed. #63588

Notice of Formation of The Thoughtful Baker LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/21/24. Ofc. 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, 465 Tuckahoe Road. Unit #1076 Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63589

The annual return of the Hegarty Family Foundation for the year ended June 30, 2023 is available at its principal ofce located at Sanossian, Sardis & Co., LLP, 700 White Plains Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Fund is Michael Hegarty. #63590

AWHOUSE91 LLC. Art of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/01/2024. Ofce: 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. WINSTON JIATU 21 KING AVE, YONKERS, NY, 10704 Any lawful purpose. #63591

STERLING CONTENT, LLC Filed 1/24/24 Ofce: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 169 Fairview Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573 Purpose: all lawful #63592

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: THE LINE CONTRACTING LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/21/2024. Ofce location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LINE CONTRACTING LLC, 127 North 7th Ave, Mount Vernon, NY 10550, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #63594

Notice of Formation of Benavon Media LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/29/24. Ofce location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to: 5 Dorchester Rd., Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63595

THE MAHER LEGAL GROUP PLLC Filed 4/3/24 Ofce: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Galgano Sharp, 399 Knollwood Rd, White Plains, NY 10603 Purpose: Law #63603

Notice of Formation of MT 22 Holdings LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/31/24. Ofce location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 45 E Hartsdale Ave, APT 4E, Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63604

Notice of Formation of Fiorenzo Management LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/10/2024. Ofc. 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, 3886 Ettman St. Shrub Oak, NY 10588, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63605

Notice of Formation of a NY LLC. Name: DLJM Realty LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State (SSNY) on December 4, 2023. Ofce location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 70 Croton Ave, Apt 2S, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. #63606

Notice of Formation of Hudson Vaughan, LLC filed with SSNY on 3/27/24. Ofc. 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, 13 Church Street, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63607

D BARRY ENGINEERING

SERVICES, PLLC Filed 4/9/24

Ofce: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 26 Roundtree Lane, Montrose, NY 10548 Purpose: Engineering #63608

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Intentional Journey Psychotherapy, LCSW, PLLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/8/24. Ofce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against PLLC to 1374 Midland Ave, Suite 410, Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: any lawful act. #63610

MV CLEANING LLC Filed 1/11/24

Ofce: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 25 Wellesley Ave, Yonkers, NY 10705 Purpose: all lawful #63611

TOOL SOLUTIONS, LLC Filed

8/28/23 Ofce: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 212 Manhattan Ave, Tuckahoe, NY 10707 Purpose: all lawful #63612

VRJ PROPERTIES, LLC Filed

7/19/23 Ofce: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 399 Knollwood Rd, Ste 318, White Plains, NY 10603 Purpose: all lawful #63613

MONTAUK PROPERTY GROUP DAVIS LLC Filed 04/10/2024

Ofce: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1025 Westchester Ave, Ste 320, White Plains, NY, 10604 Purpose: all lawful #63614

Notice of Formation of Remote Video Testimonials LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/14/23. Ofce location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Remote Video Testimonials LLC, 80 Travis Road, Baldwin Place, New York 10505. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63615

Notice of formation of Collaborative Psychiatry, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/09/2024. Ofce location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC at 18 Irvington St, Dobbs Ferry, 10522. Purpose: any lawful activities. #63616

Notice of Formation of LCG Wellness, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 04/18/2024. Ofce Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Lindsay Gerspach, 13 Dellwood Lane, Ardsley, NY 10502. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63617

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license number NA<\!#45>052 4<\!#45>23<\!#45>52752, for liquor wine beer and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquore wine beer and cider at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 15 East Main Street, Mt Kisco NY, Westchester County, for on<\!#45>premises consumption. Olives LLC d/b/a Melike Turkish Cuisine #63623

WACCABUC REAL ESTATE LLC Filed 5/20/22 Ofce: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 2 Post Ofce Rd, #271, Waccabuc, NY 10597 Purpose: all lawful #63624

Tack and Tweed, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 03/02/2024. Ofce located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 255 Quaker Road Chappaqua, NY 10514 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed, which includes Pre<\!#45>Owned Equestrian Equipment and Apparel Consignment and Sales. #63625

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONSAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Angela Lofa Landscape Architect PLLC has filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on 4/5/2024. Its ofce is located in Westchester County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process will be mailed to The PLLC, at 2 Park Drive, Mount Kisco, New York 10549. Its business is to engage in any lawful activity for which professional service limited liability companies may be organized under Section 1203 of the New York Professional Service Limited Liability Act. #63626

Notice of Formation of HM UNITS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/27/2024. Ofce location: Westchester County. Princ. Ofce of LLC: c/o Miguel Hernandez Montiel 89 Dartmouth Ave., Yonkers, NY 10701. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the address of its principle ofce. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #63627

Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at the NYSDOT, Ofce of Contract Management, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Bids may also be submitted via the internet using www.bidx.com. A certified cashier’s check payable to the NYSDOT for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, form CONR 391, representing 5% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-notices. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/const-planholder. Amendments may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact Robert Kitchen (518)457-2124. Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to D/M/ WBE’s and SDVOBs.

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

BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting. Region 08: New York State Department of Transportation 4 Burnett Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603 D265256, PIN 881440, Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester Cos., MAINTENANCE - GRAFFITI REMOVAL - Where & When, Various Locations, Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $20,000.00), Goals: MBE: 0.00%, WBE: 0.00%, SDVOB: 0.00%