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Ossining developer and village clash over history BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

developer’s recent move to demolish a national historic site on the Ossining riverfront has angered and alarmed village officials and history-minded residents, adding another incident to the contentious contemporary history of a deteriorating relic of Ossining’s industrial past. Village officials on April 14 issued a stop work order at 36 N. Water St., where brothers Peter and Nicholas Stolatis that day began razing the former Brandreth Pill Factory, a mid19th century red-brick complex distinguished by its mansardroofed architecture and as one of the first industrial manufacturing sites in Westchester County. Listed on the National

Register of Historic Places, the main factory building on the roughly 5-acre property was stripped of its façade by wrecking equipment, leaving graffiticovered walls on the building’s upper and lower floors exposed amid rubble, before the work was halted. The Stolatis brothers’ Pleasantville company, Plateau Associates LLC, acquired the secluded property at a foreclosure auction in 2001, according to the developer’s attorney and a village official. Vacant since 1979, the old factory has been a notorious partying spot for youths and hidden target for vandals. For several years, Plateau Associates has been thwarted and delayed by village opponents and the economy in efforts to redevelop the property as » OSSINING, page 5

GAME PAGE CHANGER 4 Owner Isi Albanese at Bellizzi in Mount Kisco, an Italian restaurant that will be renovated to house an international food hall. Photo by Danielle Brody

Airbnb popularity soars despite obstacles PART-TIME HOSTS EXPERIENCE VARYING DEGREES OF PUSHBACK

BY REECE ALVAREZ ralvarez@westfairinc.com

SAN FRANCISCO-BASED AIRBNB, THE ONLINE accommodations marketplace that allows people to rent their homes or spare rooms for a weekend vacation or an extended excursion, has been

hailed as one of the frontrunners in the developing “sharing economy” — but the prestigious Silicon Valley distinction of being a disruptor has not come without the growing pains any new business seeking to upend traditional industry models would be expected to face.

“In 60 seconds you can suddenly be an entrepreneur, you can share your home, your car, anything in your life that hasn’t been monetized before, you can actually share with somebody,” said Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky in an interview with CBS recently. “It’s really the

notion that a person can become a micro-entrepreneur.” Airbnb has made headlines for its sky-high valuations ($13 billion in 2014 with estimates of $20 billion in February) as well as for causing friction in large metro areas as it and companies like » AIRBNB, page 6

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“IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE 38 YEARS, I’ll tell you that,” Jon B. Schandler said on a mid-April morning in his CEO office at White Plains Hospital. “It goes really quickly.” His office would soon be cleared of the mementos acquired in a long career and turned over to his successor. Schandler’s official retirement date was April 30 at the 292-bed community hospital on East Post Road where construction barriers steer patients and visitors past contracting crews busy on hospital expansion and renovation projects this spring. But the celebratory, laudatory retirement dinner already was several months past. The leadership transition that had Susan Fox, the White Plains Hospital president and Schandler’s announced successor since 2013, move into the CEO’s office in late April began five years ago. The manner in which Schandler relinquished the CEO’s desk early for Fox’s move there was more evidence of the “great sense of generosity and humility” that White Plains Hospital Board Chairman J. Michael Divney and other colleagues observed in him. “He’s going to be available, but he’s passing the baton,” Divney said. Having led the hospital in the last year into its new partnership with Montefiore Health System, Schandler is “willing to let go and put that in the hands of others. I think that’s really pretty remarkable.” Turning 65 this spring, Schandler said he thought it a good time for him to step down — though he won’t step away entirely from what Fox called “his life’s work” at the hospital in White Plains. In the fastchanging health care industry, “I think it’s time for the next generation of leaders to step forward,” he said. “I think it’s a young person’s business. It takes an enormous amount of energy, an enormous amount of commitment.” “My epiphany was, I was about to turn 60 years old,” he said. He saw colleagues working past 65 who were unhappy in their jobs. A certified public accountant at Price Waterhouse with no experience in the hospital field when he interviewed for the controller’s job in White Plains in 1976, Schandler was hired at the age of 26 and became chief operating officer at 29. Working extremely long hours seven days a week to convince the hospital board of his fitness for the CEO’s duties during a national search to fill the position, he was appointed to the hospital’s top job at the

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age of 31. “It was a different time,” he said, alluding to his unusually young age when named CEO. “Some board members saw in me more than I saw in me.” “My role is to think five years out,” he said of the strategic planning and vision required of a hospital CEO. That included a five-year succession plan to assure a smooth transition of leadership at the hospital he has run since 1981. “I knew that a seamless transition from the inside would have a much better chance of succeeding than someone from

“SHE’S AN OWNER,” JON B. SCHANDLER SAID OF HIS HANDPICKED SUCCESSOR. “SHE’S THERE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. …IT’S A TOUGH JOB. YOU NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS AT IT AS AN OWNER.”

the outside,” he said. “Someone who is coming in creates a lot more opportunity” for dissension and disagreement among staff. Fox, an executive at North Shore-LIJ Health System who began her career as a registered nurse, said she “definitely had in mind that I wanted to be running an organization” when in 2010 she interviewed for the position of senior vice president of administration at White Plains Hospital. She was hired; Schandler said Fox was his

choice from the start to succeed him. “From the minute Susan Fox came on board, we just clicked naturally,” he said. Working as partners, “I got the opportunity to see first-hand how he was so successful,” Fox said. “I think being able to work together over the last five years, it’s been a very challenging time in health care, perhaps the most challenging time.” “She’s an owner,” Schandler said of his handpicked successor. “She’s there 24 hours a day, seven days a week. …It’s a tough job. You need somebody who is at it as an owner.” Hospital CEOs now must lead their institutions in navigating the change in the health care industry from what Schandler called “episodic” treatment of disease in patients and a fee-for-service pay model to a focus on population health, better-coordinated, cost-controlled care by providers and insurers and wellness programs to reduce the incidence of disease and hospitalizations. “I think that’s the transformation that we’re into right now,” he said. “And at the same time running the business.” A hospital needs to provide clinical care at the highest level but also have adequate finances to keep the hospital operating. “Putting all that together is the art of our job,” Schandler said. For the hospital board of directors, “He has a very sharp sense of understanding what our options might be and has the answers for all of them,” Divney said of Schandler. “He’s the best source of business intelligence there is in health care. He knows it all and he’s our team leader.” In a period of shifting realities in health care, “We have become a very wellinformed board because of his knowledge Schandler, page 16

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Schneiderman takes aim at zombie-property plague BY REECE ALVAREZ ralvarez@westfairinc.com

pril has been a busy month for New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and his efforts to stem the growing plague of abandoned foreclosed homes — so-called zombie properties — that continue to haunt the housing markets of municipalities still struggling with the lingering specter of the recession and housing crisis. “Years after the housing crash, abandoned foreclosed homes continue to be a blight on too many New York neighborhoods,” Schneiderman said in a statement. In his second announcement this month on the issue and building off of similar legislation under the same name passed last year that failed to pass both the state Senate and Assembly, Schneiderman was joined by Senate Coalition Co-Leader Jeffrey D. Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), and Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein (D-Brooklyn) in announcing the intro-

duction of a new Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act aimed at stemming the rising tide of zombie homes across New York. According to data analyzed by the Office of the Attorney General from RealtyTrac, a California-based realty information company, zombie property foreclosures increased by almost 50 percent from 2013 to 2014, bringing the total number of abandoned foreclosure properties in New York state to 16,701. As a result, almost 1 in 5 residential foreclosures is now a zombie property. In New York City, the problem continues to grow, with the number of zombie homes increasing by 38 percent between 2013 and 2014, bringing the total number to 3,525. Statewide foreclosure trends from RealtyTrac show Orange County with the highest rates of foreclosure in the month of March, while in Westchester County the town of North Salem and its hamlet of Croton Falls are among the five county towns with the highest foreclosure rates in March in addition to Buchanan, Elmsford

and Cortlandt Manor. “Foreclosures is not a big problem at all, my problem is a little different — it’s these zombie properties,” said Warren Lucas, North Salem town supervisor. According to RealtyTrac a quarter of North Salem homes in active foreclosure are bank owned while the remainder are in pre-foreclosure. Lucas said North Salem does not have a large amount of abandoned foreclosed properties, but of the few it has they have been neglected by the banks that own them with little progress made over the years. “I have one over in Croton Falls and the person has been out for a couple of years and the bank has done nothing with the property,” he said. “I am on the phone with them quite frequently saying ‘please mow the lawn, please rake the leaves.’” “We are trying to get the state to pass some legislation so we have the ability to go in and clean the property up, mow the lawn and get it on the tax bill.” The town government cannot currently

contract work to refresh the home on its own, but Lucas said legislation is being looked at in the coming months that might permit it to do so. Schneiderman’s Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act includes “stiff penalties” for banks that fail to maintain properties in addition to several measures aimed at increasing responsibility for the properties and identifying ownership. In addition, the bill takes aims to clarify some of the stigma and fear for those experiencing a foreclosure to prevent people fleeing prematurely from their home and leaving it to fall into disrepair. “(The banks) send threatening letters to the homeowner, they push them to leave ,” Newburgh Mayor Judy Kennedy said. “What I tell owners who have been in any foreclosure action, don’t move, don’t go anywhere — stay put.” “They, by law, are actually still responsible for the property until the day that paper is filed with the county and registered under the bank’s name,” she said. “As Schneiderman, page 7

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Arcade makes way for food hall at Bellizzi Restaurant owner looks to draw millennials

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ellizzi, a 24-year-old Mount Kisco Italian restaurant known for its game room and family-friendly fare, will soon transform into a millennial-centric food hall with international options. Owner Isi Albanese, who has spent most

of his life in Mount Kisco after moving from Italy as a child, said the restaurant used to appeal to baby boomer mothers who would take their children to Bellizzi to eat and play. With more mothers working and children bringing their iPads to the table, use of the arcade has been in decline over the past three or four years. “We don’t see the mommy groups, and

we don’t see the kids playing as much games,” he said. Since 2008, people also go out to eat less, Albanese said. He has made changes throughout the years to adapt, like adding physical games such as air hockey and closing part of the arcade room in 2013. Still, the young adults who once played and celebrated birthday parties at Bellizzi perceive the restaurant as a

kids’ place and don’t come in, Albanese said. “We said, you know, what can we do in order for us to still be a great place for the community?” he said. “Keeping it the same and making a smaller game room and the families and stuff, it doesn’t work anymore.” He aims to attract millennials by completely changing the concept of the business. This summer, he plans to turn the 4,000-squarefoot Main Street restaurant into a fresh-casual, international food hall called Exit 4, where he will serve his own Italian food and welcome eight or nine other vendors. “It is hard in a way, but if we were to name this Bellizzi food hall, it wouldn’t work,” he said. “In order for us to be successful here, we totally have to change the name and totally have to change everything.” Albanese, who has taken on other culinary ventures — he co-owns Frannie’s Goodie Shop with his wife in Yonkers and Mount Kisco, YoArt in The Plaza Food Hall in Manhattan, a pizza truck with Mount Kisco’s Village Social and Grand Central Market in Somers — has been researching food halls for the past year. While there are food halls in New York Food hall, page 16

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Hidden Cove, a luxury residential development beside the Metro-North Railroad tracks. In 2011, the Stolatises returned to the village Planning Board with revised plans for a six-story, 137-unit apartment building on the site. Rather than restore and renovate the pill factory as condo loft space as they initially proposed, the developers planned to raze the building. The village in 2008 had issued Plateau a demolition permit for the North Water Street property. Some critics of the planned development have claimed the owners have deliberately let the historic property fall further into structural collapse and disrepair to justify its demolition. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and updated floodplain mapping, Plateau Associates President Peter Stolatis in 2012 said the Hidden Cove development would have to be raised five to six feet on a pedestal, adding “tremendous costs” to a project he estimated in the mid$50 million range and leaving the mill’s first-floor space useless for residential conversion. The owner’s plans encountered another obstacle when the village Historic Preservation Commission in late 2012 notified Plateau that the Brandreth site was nominated for designation as a local landmark. That would protect the factory from demolition unless the developer could prove that restoring and reusing the historic property was not economically feasible. The developer’s planning consultant told the village commission that year that restoring the factory façade and roof by historic preservation standards and adding ground-floor flood barriers would cost $3.2 million. The restoration cost would exceed the property’s value, the consultant said. But the village commission went ahead and recommended the property be landmarked. The village Board of Trustees approved the historic designation two years ago, Ossining Mayor Victoria Gearity said. Paul D. Stone, the Tarrytown attorney representing Plateau Associates, said Ossining officials in 2012 charged the developer with violations of the state Building Code at the crumbling property. The charges were dismissed and a state appeals court last year upheld their dismissal, Stone said. But village officials this year resumed their effort to force the Stolatises to repair and maintain the historic site.

They re-filed several charges of violations under the Village Code, citing leaky roofs and broken windows and doors. At March appearances in Ossining town court, Plateau announced that it would go ahead with the building demolition “in order to cure any claimed violations,” Stone said. He cited a section of the village code that states: “Any owner of a building received a notice of violation stating that such building does not comply with the provisions of this chapter may demolish such building, and such action shall be deemed compliance.” On March 31, the developer provided documents to the village Building Department that met all technical requirements for proceeding with the demolition, Stone claimed. He said the village’s reason for halting the work — that the owner lacked a demolition permit — “is an absolute untruth. We think the stop work order was improvidently issued.” Gearity said the Stolatis brothers failed to meet seven requirements for the demolition permit, including a certificate of appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Commission and several standard practices. “This is not their first time at the rodeo,” she said. “They know the steps you need to go through.” Gearity also claimed the 7-year-old demolition permit was no longer valid because the property must be in compliance with the building code at the time of demolition. She said the village’s code enforcers continue to issue violation notices for the property “on an almost daily basis.” Accessible only by a narrow private road, limited in redevelopment options by a steep ridge and protected as a national historic place, “This property is just fraught with so many challenges,” Gearity said. “For many people, the historic preservation issue is very important. We have not only a lot of history in Ossining, we have a lot of local historians in Ossining. They are very, very upset about what is happening” to the Brandreth pill factory. “For us in village government, we are concerned about how do we respond to this when someone just violates the laws blatantly?” Gearity said the village needs an independent analysis of the property’s potential for adaptive reuse “to determine what will be the next step.” “It’s a perpetual catch-22,” Stone said. “Right now we’re in limbo.” “It’s just an endless jumble of confusion,” he said.

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After a long and cold winter, baseball has finally returned along with the sun and a lot of optimism. Make 2015 the year to improve the operational aspects of your company, get a better understanding about the direction your business is heading, and make the most of opportunities. Here are a few things to consider: KBDs and Dashboards – Monitor your business on a weekly and monthly basis with Key Business Drivers (KBDs). KBDs are important financial and non-financial indicators. Examples include revenues and gross profit percent by major product or service line, something that is measurable and can be compared to a standard – such as a budget, last year’s figures or an industry standard. Select five to 10 KBDs and monitor them with a dashboard system. An effective business dashboard reports the KBDs in a timely, accurate, and consistent manner which is simple, easy to read, and short (one to two pages). Develop a Management Team – Maximizing the value of your business is done by creating sustainable, consistent cash flow. The sustainable part means the business will generate that cash with or without you. As a business owner, you need time for strategic activities so delegate tactical duties to others. Your management team is closer to the dayto-day operations than you are, so leverage that knowledge when determining KBDs, and obtain buy-in from them on how the business should be run, and what processes should be put in place or improved. Create a culture of accountability. If you don’t have the right people on the team, then make a change. The health of the company has to come first. Improve as a CEO – As the head of an organization, you need to find ways to be a more effective leader, to create a healthier culture, and to think and act strategically. Joining a CEO group is a way to get access to people facing similar challenges and pressures. The opportunity to discuss problems and seek advice from others in your position cannot be underestimated. You will find that amongst the most diverse companies, and across different sizes, the issues faced by other CEOs are very similar. Know What You Need to Know – The quickest way to drive your business into the ground is being uninformed and disengaged. The role of a CEO is all consuming. Be careful of losing touch with your business, your industry, and frankly, the world. Here are a few places you should visit on a regular basis which may not be obvious:

• Psychologytoday.com – One of the most thought-provoking and informative magazines dealing with the human psyche. You cannot understand millennials, your new workforce, by relying on past experiences. • Mashable.com – This is where the millennials are getting their news and information. With over 20 million visitors, Mashable has become one of the most engaged online news communities. • Foreignaffairs.com – This is a great source of information on international news and information. • Ted.com – Want to know what is coming next? Visit the TED website to view videos from the world’s hottest innovators and thought leaders. Your company is a living, breathing entity, that is changing all the time. Staying ahead of the curves of your business and taking advantage of opportunities in 2015 and beyond will make those long winters a little warmer. Join the CEO Evolution Citrin Cooperman is proud to be partnering with the University of Connecticut School of Business and the Fairfield County Business Journal, to host the second annual CEO Evolution on June 15, 2015, at the University of Connecticut in Stamford. Mark Fagan will serve as the moderator for a panel that includes Anne Mulcahy, former CEO of XEROX, Denis Nayden, former CEO of GE Capital, and Tom Kallish, CEO and founder of Tommie Copper. For more information, please contact Laura Di Diego at ldidiego@ citrincooperman.com. About the Authors Mark L. Fagan, CPA, is the managing partner of Citrin Cooperman’s Connecticut office and the creator of “The CEO Evolution,” a white paper and business seminar series which explores the dynamics of the corporate executive landscape and offers management insight and solutions for today’s business leaders. He can be reached at mfagan@ citrincooperman.com or by phone at (203) 847-4068. Jeff Stuart, CPA, is a manager based in Citrin Cooperman’s Connecticut office. He can be reached at jstuart@citrincooperman.com or by phone at (203) 847-4068. Citrin Cooperman is a full-service audit, accounting, tax, and business consulting firm with offices in White Plains, NY; Norwalk, CT; New York City; Plainview, NY; Livingston, NJ; and Philadelphia. For more information, please visit www.citrincooperman.com.

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Airbnb — From page 1

ride-hailing service Uber are dramatically changing long-entrenched industries like hospitality and transportation. While hosts and travelers have made the accommodation sharing site a hit — the company boasts more than 1 million listings across 190 countries in 34,000 cities with more than 25 million guests served — the increased popularity has drawn the ire of communities and municipalities with concerns about the service’s effects on quality of life, housing markets, safety and taxation. The controversy has not followed from the cities to the picturesque suburbs in New York and Connecticut with the same kind of fervor, but that is not to say its presence has not been recognized. Last year in the town of Ridgefield, Conn., a complaint of “frat-like” activities at a residence being rented frequently by Airbnb guests prompted an inquiry by the town’s zoning enforcement officer, Richard Baldelli. “We found a variety of places within the town of Ridgefield that were operating as Airbnb facilities and we did everything possible to shut them down,” Baldelli said. He notified the five or six Airbnb hosts operating at the time that they were doing so without a special use permit required by the town for bed and breakfast operations, which Airbnb rentals fall under, according to Ridgefield town code. The permit can be obtained for a fee of a “few hundred” dollars and involves a public forum where neighbors and the town planning and zoning commission can present any concerns. “We have to be worried about parking, we have to worry about if it is safe — are they serving food? The health requirements for serving food are strenuous. For the public’s safety and welfare, Ridgefield feels it is welladvised that someone wanting to do this bed and breakfast has to do this permitting process,” Baldelli said. “I go to some of these places and they don’t even have smoke alarms.” The issue came to a head and has not been revisited since the owner of a small garden and education center, Joe Keller, was issued a minor fine by the town for running an Airbnb rental and then failed to persuade the town planners to permit it. “If we allow short-term rentals here, then theoretically every home that’s in a residential zone can become a short-term rental,” Ridgefield Planning and Zoning Chairman Rebecca Mucchetti said during a board meeting in 2014 regarding Keller’s Airbnb rental. “It opens the door to every other residential unit in town — single-family homes, apartments; it doesn’t matter, you name it.”

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At $200 per night and with close to 200 nights booked in his last year of operation, Keller said the rental was a needed financial boost for his small business. The matter was further complicated after it was found the building Keller listed on Airbnb had not been issued an original certificate of occupancy, but even with the certificate Keller said he would not go back to the board for a special use permit after the board’s predisposition on the matter of Airbnb was made clear to him, he said. “They have the antiquated notion of what a traditional bed and breakfast is.” Keller said. “There is no food involved whatsoever — there might be a kitchen guests can avail themselves, but the idea of Airbnb is simply for lodging and lodging only.” Baldelli said that following the town’s crackdown on unpermitted Airbnb rentals, none of the contacted hosts returned to seek the proper permits. He confirmed that Ridgefield residents continue to list Airbnb rentals without the proper permit. In nearby Newtown, where there are no special requirements for operating an Airbnb rental, Don, who declined to give his last name as many Airbnb hosts do for fear of being on the wrong side of local zoning laws, has been renting a small cottage for an average of 150 nights of the year for the last three years. Don rents a two-bedroom cottage on his property for $250 per night through Airbnb and said he likes the service’s format, which includes identity verification, privacy protections and rating systems for guests and hosts that show their respective track records. Over several years and across hundreds of rentals, he has never had a bad experience, he said. Like many Airbnb hosts, he said the experience has been excellent, with lasting relationships made with guests from around the world with clear benefits for both the host, who gains income from unused space, and the guest, who enjoys a personalized traveling experience off the beaten path. If Newtown were to change its laws tomorrow, it would be a significant loss, Don said. The battles over Airbnb have been hottest in major cities like San Franciso and New York, where Airbnb and hosts have been under fire from landlords and city governments regarding laws governing residential short-term leasing and the hospitality industry as well as taxes. Last year in San Francisco, Airbnb hosts were fined by the city and faced with eviction by landlords until legislation was passed in October that permitted short-term lease rentals and added regulations, including requirements for hosts to register with the city, pay a hotel tax and have liability insurance.

A Newtown, Conn., cottage that rents for $250 per night through the accommodations marketplace Airbnb.

“There are laws written for businesses like hotels, there are laws written for people for how to live with roommates and Airbnb is this thing in between. It’s this third category: people acting as businesses,” Chesky said to CBS. “And so for many, many years there were no real laws written for it, so people tried to put somebody in one bucket or the other.” New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in October released a report, “Airbnb in the City,” citing “widespread illegality across New York City listings on the Airbnb website.” Schneiderman found that between Jan. 1, 2010, and June 2, 2014, up to 72 percent of Airbnb listings were illegal: “Of the 35,354 private, short-term listings, data suggest that 25,532 of them violated either New York state’s Multiple Dwelling Law and/or New York City’s Administrative Code (zoning laws). Hosts generated approximately $304 million in revenue from these listings alone and Airbnb itself earned almost $40 million from these transactions,” according to a statement from Schneiderman’s office. The attorney general also called attention to the impact the short-term rentals have on long-term housing options — often a point of concern from critics. In 2013, more than 4,600 units were booked for at least three months of the year. Of these, nearly 2,000 were booked for a cumulative total of six months or more, rendering them largely unavailable for use by long-term residents, according to Schneiderman’s office. Airbnb has addressed some concerns, particularly regarding the issue of taxes. Earlier this month, the company sent a letter to members of the New York state Legislature requesting a change to current state and New York City tax rules that do not allow the company to help collect and remit hotel and tour-

ist taxes on behalf of Airbnb hosts and guests. “Airbnb has been working with governments around the world to help collect more tax revenue,” wrote David Hantman, Airbnb’s head of global public policy, in the April letter to the Legislature. “We provide 1099 forms to help our hosts pay income taxes on the money they earn while sharing their space. We have also begun collecting and remitting hotel and tourist taxes in San Francisco, Portland, San Jose, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Amsterdam and will expand this initiative to include other jurisdictions in the coming weeks and months.” In New York, there have been incidents of people attempting to take advantage of the system by renting out rent-stabilized apartments. But for Sam Abady and his wife, Jane, a pair of empty-nesters, the income they make from renting a spare bedroom in their Bronxville home for $70 per night is necessary, he said. “Our Airbnb income has been vital to our current circumstances. My wife and I are both professionals, but neither of us is in practice. Instead, we are engaged in research to write a textbook. As a result, we live on an economic knife edge. Income from Airbnb makes it possible to survive,” he said. “Without it, we would not be able to continue our academic work and make a contribution to scholarship.” An Airbnb host for two years, Abady expressed little concern that he was in violation of any laws and said any pushback against Airbnb in New York City and elsewhere was a clear symptom of a changing of the guard in the hospitality industry. “The justification or rationale will always be some nonsense, but fundamentally it is anti-competitive, and if it is anti-competitive it is anti-American,” he said. “It (Airbnb) represents the sharing economy; the sharing economy represents democracy in action.”

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Westchester to open Manhattan economic development office BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

elivering his annual State of the County address April 22, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced the opening this month of a county economic development office in midtown Manhattan to recruit businesses exiting the city to Westchester. Astorino said the county Office of Economic Development will operate from an office at 125 Park Ave., directly across from Grand Central Terminal. The building is owned by SL Green Realty Corp., whose suburban Reckson division is a major commercial office landlord and manager in Westchester. Astorino said the midtown office will aggressively promote the county’s assets, offerings and competitive advantages to companies and entrepreneurs looking to leave New York state. “Our message is simple,” he said. “To those companies in New York City looking to Fairfield County or Jersey City, or perhaps the Carolinas, Florida or Texas, before you decide to leave New York state, you need to

take a look at Westchester.” Astorino in his speech also pointed to the accomplishments in the past year of the county’s Industrial Development Agency and Local Development Corporation, both of which operate within the Office of Economic Development. The county IDA assisted on 16 economic development projects that generated more than $400 million in private investment and served to retain or create 3,400 permanent and construction jobs, he said. The LDC financially assisted on projects that generated $129 million in investment in the nonprofit sector at organizations accounting for 1,600 jobs. The county in May also will launch its “A Job’s Waiting for You” training program to match long-term unemployed workers with hard-to- fill jobs in health care, Astorino said. Trainees are guaranteed a job upon successfully completing the program. Astorino said the program goal is to place 500 people in jobs in four years and ultimately expand the program beyond the health care field. Announcing a new Safer Communities initiative, Astorino said a new mobile phone application, the Westchester Safety App, is

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Bronxville real estate attorney who stole about $3 million from a Staten Island cemetery association and his Westchester law clients will serve a longer prison term for continuing his thefts after his arrest last year, state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced on April 28. Timothy Griffin, a Ridgefield, Conn., resident, had 1 1/3 to four years of prison time tacked on to his expected sentence after additional grand larceny charges were brought against him. In March, Griffin began serving a sixmonth sentence in a separate federal case of income tax fraud. In February, he had pleaded guilty in state Supreme Court on Staten Island to stealing more than $2 million from United Hebrew Cemetery while he served as the nonprofit’s acting president. Investigators from the attorney general’s office said Griffin used the stolen cemetery funds to cover up his theft of more than $1 million from the escrow accounts of clients in his Bronxville law practice. The money stolen from his practice was used to fund a lavish lifestyle for him and his family,

according to the attorney general’s office. Griffin had been promised a prison sentence of three to nine years in exchange for his guilty plea to the cemetery embezzlement scheme. But investigators found that after his arrest in 2014 he diverted more than $175,000 from a client escrow account. As a result, a state judge in Richmond County on April 28 sentenced Griffin to 4 1/3 to 13 years in prison. The state sentence, which initially was to run concurrently with his federal sentence, will be served after he completes his federal imprisonment. “This defendant stole from the clients of his law practice, and then stole millions from a charity in an attempt to disguise that theft,” Schneiderman said. “Even after being charged, he continued to abuse the trust of his clients by stealing additional client funds.” Schneiderman’s office said Griffin will also be sentenced to 4 1/3 to 13 years in prison on the grand larceny charges in Westchester County, to run concurrent to his Staten Island sentence. He will appear in Westchester Supreme Court on May 8. — John Golden

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“I launched this to give back to people that are trying to start or grow businesses in a really tough economy,” he said. The Latino population is growing, he said, and a subset of that population is business owners. He said readers work in restaurants, retail stores, manufacturing, distribution, law and more around the country. More Latinos are seeing the opportunity to start their own businesses, he said. The updated website has new sections,

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“At the end of the day business is business, but it’s nice to have a publication recognize and celebrate your ethnicity,” he said. Mittelman said all articles are written by reporters and a group of about 80 volunteer contributors that have experience in various industries and Fortune 500 companies. Some are Latino, but not all. He said the content makes the website a “trusted adviser.” He said challenges facing the Latino community include financing, human resources, leadership, and how to hire correctly and motivate staff. Sometimes there is a reticence to work with the government, Mittelman said, so he tries to bridge the gap and has held events in partnership with the Westchester County government.

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Food hall — From page 4

City like Eataly, Chelsea Market and Hudson Eats, none exist yet in Westchester, he said. Albanese said his food hall will serve madeto-order, chef-prepared food. Unlike urban food halls, where people tend to eat individually, Exit 4 will feature communal seating in the middle, fostering an environment for social gatherings and sharing food. He plans to keep his counter in one half of the restaurant, changing the current menu and design to add a bar with local beer and wine on tap, a charcuterie with local meats and fresh cheese, salad and roasted vegetables, rice and quinoa bowls and fresh pasta. The other half of the restaurant, which houses more seating and the game and party rooms, will become home to the 10-by-8-foot vendor spaces. Every vendor will be responsible for building their space, which Albanese said will cost $40,000 to $60,000. Mt. Kisco Seafood has already signed

on to offer a raw bar, sushi and lobster rolls, Albanese said. He is looking to fill the other spots with vendors serving barbecue, Middle Eastern cuisine, tacos, ramen noodles or grilled meats. Exit 4 options will also depend on what new restaurants opening nearby plan to serve. The food hall is a lower-cost, higher-margin opportunity for chefs or restaurants wanting to start or expand business. With costs of operating so high, restaurants are often left with 5 to 10 percent in profits, Albanese said. In a food hall, vendors can make up to 30 percent in profits, he said. By sharing space, vendors will need less people operating their stations and will split the costs of rent, staff (like busboys, runners and dishwashers) and advertising. All vendors will be included in the food hall’s delivery and catering options. Albanese said he hopes to start construction in June. He expects it to cost about half a million dollars to renovate the space, possibly build the entrance out 5 1/2 feet (pending approval from the town planning

board), knock down the center wall and add plumbing and electrical. He will update the aesthetic, replacing the murals, fun house mirror and popcorn stand with barn wood, brick, soft colors and street signs. He is working with financial partner Jeff Friedlander, of New Rochelle, to handle marketing and social media. He said generally, customers’ only concern is that he’s closing, which is not the case. He plans to remain open for almost the entire time while renovating and hopes to reopen as Exit 4 in mid-July. “The kids’ side is probably going to be the first to go,” he said. He said while his restaurant has become part of history, the change is necessary to appeal to young people. “I’ve always said I want to be here for when my grandkids want to come in here,” he said. “But times have changed, and you’ve got to kind of accept that it’s not what it used to be. The new food, the new age, the way people see things is different.”

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ABOVE THE BAR AWAR D S NINTH ANNUAL COUNTYWIDE AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING WESTCHESTER ATTORNEYS

SAVE THE DATE: JUNE

TUDOR ROOM PACE LAW SCHOOL 78 N. BROADWAY WHITE PLAINS

PRESENTED BY: • CITRIN COOPERMAN • WESTCHESTER COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL • PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW • WESTCHESTER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION • WESTCHESTER WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION

Visit westfaironline.com for the nominating process. Each nomination should consist of a minimum of 200 words based on the criteria provided. Please submit your nomination and a copy of the nominee’s CV no later than April 22. For more information or questions, call Holly DeBartolo at (914) 694-3600, ext. 3006, or email hdebartolo@westfairinc.com.

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NOMINATIONS Members of the Westchester business and legal communities are encouraged to nominate, pursuant to the criteria, one or more candidates for the following prestigious award categories: PACE SETTER AWARD: Candidate exemplifies overall excellence in professional and community work, prominence in the Westchester legal profession and fierce determination to being as good an attorney as possible. The highest award, the candidate must be well respected by peers and community. MOST SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS AWARD: Candidate is dedicated to one or more causes in the community as an active member or leader and has a significant history of pro bono legal or government service, which warrant praise and recognition by peers and community. LEADING HEALTH CARE ATTORNEY: Candidate has concentrated his/her legal expertise within the area of health care and distinguished him/herself as a leading health care attorney among his/her peers. LEADING REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY: Candidate has concentrated his/her legal expertise within the area of real estate, including land use, development and zoning matters and distinguished him/herself as a leading real estate attorney. MOST PROMISING PACE LAW SCHOOL STUDENT: Candidate, in his/her third year, who through passion and enthusiasm for the law, high scholastic achievement and initiative and involvement in school and community activities will be a promising member of the legal profession.

“WITHOUT QUESTION WINNING THE ABOVE THE BAR AWARD IS ONE OF THE MANY HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LEGAL CAREER, BUT ITS MEANING IS FAR GREATER. IT CELEBRATES THE RULE OF LAW IN OUR PROFESSION AND IT RECOGNIZES ALL LAWYERS WHO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.” Tejash V. Sanchala 2012 Above The Bar Award Recipient Leading Labor & Employment Attorney

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BY ANDI GRAY

What to do when the customer smells blood In customer service, when there’s a problem and someone panics and throws a call to us as managers/owners, we’re at a disadvantage. We’re already set up to lose — the customer can smell blood. THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: What’s the process for handling a customer problem? Train to improve employees’ ability to handle issues. Treat problems as opportunities. Learn from experience. Give employees a greater sense of confidence that they can handle the situation by setting up a process for them to follow. Knowing what to expect can make it much easier for employees to stick with an unpleasant call. Add these steps to your customer service process, if you’re not already doing them. 1. Answer the phone with a smile and believe that most customers can be helped; the goal is to send customers away believing they got a fair deal. 2. Understand that customer calls are indications they hope the situation can be fixed. 3. Share contact information in case the call gets cut off. Log the date, time, who called, contact information, who handled the call and the nature of the problem. Leave a place to fill in resolution. 4. Reassure callers that you expect to resolve the situation and have authority to do so in most cases. 5. Deal right away with customer preference for a manager by stating: “Before I continue, let me ask you: Would you prefer to work with me or would you rather be referred immediately to a manager? I can probably help you now, or at least get the process started; you may have to wait for a manager to get on the line, who is going to ask you the same questions I’m about to ask.” 6. Assuming the customer agrees to stick with you, ask for a brief statement of the problem. Get clarification if necessary. Take good notes. 7. Contain the customer’s negative reaction by listening carefully, restating and asking questions. Don’t debate. Don’t disagree. Just listen. 8. Restate the problem: “If I understand you correctly … .” End with, “Did I get that right?” 9. Assess the failure to meet customer needs, as well as how that breakdown

impacted the customer. Factor that impact into your decision on how far to go to rectify the situation. 10. Ask the customer how they’d like the situation resolved. This could be challenging: The customer may overreach. It’s generally better to know what the customer has in mind. If the customer is overreaching, say, “That may be more than I can do, but I will do my best to make this right.” 11. Make an offer. Ask the customer if this would satisfactorily resolve the problem. 12. If they’re unsatisfied, assess if this customer is likely to become satisfied with any additional offer. Figure out what it will take to get over the hump. 13. Make a second offer or suggest refer-

ring the call to a manager by saying, “I think it’s time to get my manager on the phone. Can you please hold on while I refer my notes to him/her?” Sometimes you get to offense by starting with defense. Train everyone in customer service. Practice with each other. Learn how to mirror and match, how to clarify, how to sooth ruffled feathers. Know that giving customers what they want, and then some, can turn them into raving fans. Recovering from bad situations builds relationships. Assess how many more purchases this customer, and all of their friends, can make. Use the complaint call log to spot trends and opportunities. Do similar unmet needs

keep coming up? Solve the need and create more sales. Is there a problem with how to properly use the product or service? Create an instruction manual for new customers. Are there repeat breakdowns? Change the way you manufacture and deliver. Looking for a good book? Try “Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service” by Chip Bell and Ron Zemke. Andi Gray is president of Strate�y Leaders Inc., strate�yleaders.com, a business-consulting �irm that specializes in helping entrepreneurial �irms grow. She can be reached by phone at 877-238-3535. Do you have a question for Andi? Send it via email to AskAndi@strate�yleaders. Visit AskAndi.com for an entire library of Ask Andi articles.

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THELIST: HOSPITALS

WESTCHESTER COUNTY WESTCHESTER COUNTY

HOSPITALS

Ranked by number of beds.

Name Address Area code: 914 unless otherwise noted Website

CEO/President Medical Director Year hospital established

Westchester Medical Center

Michael D. Israel Renee Garrick 1977

892*

More than 7,000

St. John's Riverside Hospital

Ronald J. Corti Paul Antonecchia 1869

396

2,300

100 Woods Road, Valhalla 10595 493-7000 • westchestermedicalcenter.com

967 N. Broadway, Yonkers 10701 964-4444 • riversidehealth.org

Number of beds

Total number of employees

Unique services

Regional medical organization serving the Hudson Valley region and beyond, spanning two campuses and encompassing a regional academic medical center, two trauma centers, a children's hospital, two inpatient behavioral health centers, licensed and certified home care agencies and outpatient health and related services

Hip and partial knee replacement, robotic surgery, bariatric surgery program, hernia center, interventional radiology center, orthopedic surgery center, cancer and breast programs 0

Susan Fox Michael J. Palumbo 1893

292

2,557

Level III NICU, full-service cardiac catheterization laboratory, cancer program, bariatric surgery center, diabetes education center, wound care center and behavioral health services

Steve Corwin, president and CEO, NewYork-Presbyterian Edward M. Dinan, president and CEO, NYP/Lawrence Hospital John C. Evanko, medical director 1909

291

1,392

Cardiac catheterization laboratory at Lawrence; Carol H. Taylor Breast Health Center with 3-D mammography; state-of-the-art da Vinci Xi Surgical Robot System; American College of Surgeons Accredited Multidisciplinary Oncology Program; designated stroke center

Steve Corwin, , president and CEO, NewYork-Presbyterian Richard S. Liebowitz 1894

250+

Steven M. Safyer Andrew Racine 1892

242

More than 1,600

Daniel Blum Lawrence Faltz 1955

238

1,753

Northern Westchester Hospital

Joel Seligman Marla Koroly 1916

235

Saint Joseph's Medical Center

Michael J. Spicer James Neuendorf 1888

194

More than 1,200

The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Mary Beth Walsh rscaglio@burke.org 1915

150

737

Steven J. Corwin, president and CEO, New York-Presbyterian John Federspiel, president and CEO, NYP/Hudson Valley Hospital William B. Higgins, medical director 1889

128

1,300

Blythedale Children's Hospital

Larry Levine Scott Klein 1891

450

Post-NICU/PICU program, K-12 public school district, ventilator weaning, traumatic and acquired brain injury, pre- and post-organ transplants, spinal cord disorders and neuromuscular and genetic disorders

Memorial Sloan Kettering West Harrison

Craig B. Thompson Chau T. Dang 2014

160

Outpatient comprehensive cancer care, medical and radiation oncology, neurooncology, mammography, surgery consultations, dermatology, genetic counseling, lymphedema therapy and pain management, clinical trials, social work and support services, nutrition counseling and survivorship services

White Plains Hospital

41 E. Post Road, White Plains 10601 681-0600 • wphospital.org

NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital

55 Palmer Ave., Bronxville 10708 787-1000 • nyp.org/lawrence

21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains 10605 682-9100 • nyp.org/psychiatry

NewYork - Presbyterian/Westchester Division

Montefiore Health System New Rochelle Division

16 Guion Place, New Rochelle 10801 632-5000 • montefiorehealthsystem.org

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center

(Part of North Shore - LIJ Health System) Route 9 at Route 117, 701 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow 10591 366-3000 • phelpshospital.org

400 E. Main St., Mount Kisco 10549 666-1200 • nwhc.net

127 S. Broadway, Yonkers 10701 378-7000 • saintjosephs.org

785 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10605 597-2500 • burke.org

NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital

1980 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567 737-9000 • hvhc.org

95 Bradhurst Ave., Valhalla 10595 592-7555 • blythedale.org

Not ranked

500 Westchester Ave., West Harrison 10604 367-7000 • mskcc.org/westharrison

No overnight stays

This list is a sampling of hospitals located in the region. If you wish your hospital to be included in our next listing, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com. * NA

Westchester County Medical Center bed breakdown includes: 415 beds in the main hospital; 136 beds in the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital; 101 beds in the behavioral health center; and 243 beds in the Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital. Not available.

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Psychiatric care for children, adolescents, adults and the elderly; specialty areas include child adolescent, geriatric, anxiety and mood disorders, eating disorders and depression

Designation as a New York state stroke center and a New York state perinatal hospital with a level three NICU that provides are for fragile newborns

Joint replacement, complex spine surgery, advanced urologic surgery, inpatient and outpatient physical rehab, including aquatic therapy, hyperbolic medicine, speech and hearing center, institute for voice and swallowing disorders, balance center, behavioral health services, substance abuse treatment, wound healing, hospice

Services include the breast institute, the cancer treatment and wellness center, emergency department, orthopedic and spine surgery, radiology and women’s imaging, weight-loss surgery, aesthetic surgery and medicine

Cardiovascular center, addiction treatment, diagnostic imaging, foot and ankle clinic, geriatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, pediatrics, renal dialysis, psychiatry, respiratory therapy and surgical services; center also includes a 200-bed nursing home

Treatment for stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputations, joint replacements, complicated fractures, cardiac disease, arthritic and pulmonary disease and neurological disorders

No wait emergency department; Cheryl R. Lindenbaum Cancer Center; Ashikari Breast Center; NICU; center for rehabilitation; center for diagnostic imaging; institute for wound care and hyperbaric medicine; bariatric surgery; digestive health center; center for sleep medicine

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Your heart can’t wait. When you have a heart condition, the last thing you need to worry about is where to go. So we’re bringing advanced cardiac care to you. Introducing the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Lawrence Hospital, fully staffed with leading cardiologists and electrophysiologists from ColumbiaDoctors. Rest easy knowing life-saving cardiac treatments are now closer to home. For an appointment with our cardiologists, call 914.787.5000.

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WESTCHESTER COUNTY ASSOCIATION PRESENTS

HEALTH TECH ’15 FUELING INNOVATION IN WESTCHESTER MAY 18-19, 2015 | DOUBLETREE BY HILTON | TARRYTOWN, NY

TOP 5 REASONS TO ATTEND

ACCESS TO A HOT MARKET. How can your

WORLD-CLASS NETWORKING. With

business tap into the bio/med/health tech sector? Find out where it’s all headed. Hone your strategy.

over 600 professionals attending last year and more expected in 2015, it’s a brilliant way to forge new contacts.

WHAT THEY

YOUR HEALTH DEPENDS ON IT.

MEET THE PLAYERS.

BE IN THE KNOW. Big data.

Implantable nerve stimulators, virtual medical appointments, personal genetic maps— the future is here. Get a glimpse of how technology can lead to a healthier you.

Health tech is a leading economic engine in Westchester, the region, and the nation. Get in on the ground floor.

Telemedicine. Real estate innovation. Personalized medicine. 3-D printing. We cover the topics that matter most to a booming health tech industry. You’ll return to the office ready to roll.

LIKED

• The networking! New connections. A great way to engage with new people and new companies • Finding out how the fast-paced bio/med/health tech market affects every business • Meeting entrepreneurs; seeing the potential • Checking out new products in the Innovation Showcase • The opportunity to learn more about the companies in this region • Learning about opportunities for economic development, investment, and job growth • Informative, forward-looking discussions • Getting one’s finger on the pulse of the bio/med/health tech industry trends

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A+ HERE’S HOW WE RANKED:

95% of attendees said they made valuable connections at HealthTech’14

100% said they would recommend the event to a colleague 100% said they would return for HealthTech‘15

WHAT THEY

SAID

“Reawakening Westchester’s Office Market: Medical tenants are remaking corporate spaces into clinics, labs, and research centers.” “New health care hubs are emerging to support the needs of the nation’s healthcare sector. Stepping up to fulfill those needs is New York’s Westchester County.”

“One of the tech events you need to get to…no matter what!” (April, 2015)

“I haven’t seen this kind of energy, this vibe since I was in Palo Alto ten years ago.” –Nuala Ronan, Databean “The excitement is palpable... There’s incredible talent based here.” Neil Stahl, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

WHO YOU WILL

“I started a new business relationship that led to a consulting job, and finding a mentor and a friend.” –Jeffrey Borenstein, TargetHealth

MEET

“Thank you for putting together a great event. I have been to a lot of conferences and this was very well run.” –Terrence J. Duffy, CSNA, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

HOW YOU WILL

“I have to pinch myself. The innovation in Westchester is astounding. Events like HealthTech ’14 are fantastic, and we need more.” –David Putrino, Burke Medical Research Institute

BENEFIT

600+ industry attendees

15+ hours of networking

50+ expert speakers

1 innovative HealthTech showcase

Business leaders from the region’s top sectors

13 panels with the latest industry trends

Monday and Tuesday, May 18-19, 2015 | DoubleTree by Hilton, Tarrytown, NY | For more information call Michael Lattari at 914.761.7111.

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Study explores methods to boost workplace recycling BY BILL FALLON bfallon@westfairinc.com

roviding employees with a desk-side recycling bin and a smaller trash bin attached to it can increase recycling and reduce waste in the workplace, where half of respondents to a national poll said recycling is difficult. That recommendation, known as the “little trash” scenario, is one insight comprising the first wave of the “Recycling at Work” study, commissioned by Stamford-based Keep America Beautiful and sponsored by Purchase-based PepsiCo Recycling and 44,000-employee commercial real estate company CBRE, which maintains offices in White Plains and Stamford. “Conducted over a six-month period in 2014, the study’s purpose is to help define best practices for a recycling program that will foster improved recycling behavior in the workplace and result in an increase of quality and quantity of materials collected,” Keep America Beautiful said in a statement. “The overarching recommendation, which achieved a 20 percent increase in office recycling during the study, is to provide employees with a desk-side recycling bin along with small trash bin.”

Among the data gathered nationally from 200 long- and short-term study investigations: • Office paper is the most frequently recycled material, but it was still present in the trash in 50 percent of offices. • Plastic beverage bottles and aluminum cans — termed priorities, along with paper — are about equally present in recycling bins and trash bins. The study also found paper towels frequently end up in the recycling bin along with, to a lesser degree, food scraps. Getting them in the trash is also deemed a priority by Keep America Beautiful. “In common areas,” the study found, “it’s recommended that recycling and trash bins be paired with simple, consistent signage provided on bins and posters with the most common recyclables identified on the recycling bin.” The study, conducted by California-based Action Research, focused on the effects of office bin placement on recycling rates and level of contamination. “Our research clearly shows that by combining specific-sized trash and recycling receptacles, with simple signage and messaging, businesses and other organizations can increase employee participation and

improve their rate of recycling of office-generated materials,” said Jennifer Jehn, president and CEO of Keep America Beautiful. The environmental organization, which was founded in 1953, said 50 percent of respondents in a recent national poll indicated it is “difficult to extremely difficult” to recycle in the workplace. A lack of convenience was determined to be the greatest obstacle to recycling. Pepsi, beginning in 2010 when it launched its PepsiCo Recycling effort, set a goal of recycling 50 percent of U.S. beverage containers by 2018; the number is 42 percent today. The program to date has recycled 83 million containers.

Aluminum cans are the most recycled containers, with industry sources reporting 67 percent recycled in 2013. Keep America Beautiful reported, “After implementing the ‘little trash’ condition, offices significantly increased the proportion of material in the recycling bin that was actually recyclable and decreased the amount of trash collected in the bin. There was also a decrease in the amount of recyclables improperly placed in the trash bin, especially that of office paper. Paper in the trash bin was reduced to nearly zero. Moreover, the respondents of the ‘little trash’ approach had a positive experience with the program.”

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Yonkers Visionary Awards 2015

It takes a vision to build a village

BE OUR GUESTS First Annual Awards Ceremony Luncheon & Wine

Thursday, May 7th â€˘ 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema | 2548 Central Ave. | Yonkers Join Mayor Mike Spano, the Westchester County Business Journal, Yonkers Chamber of Commerce, Yonkers Partners in Education, The Yonkers IDA, Sarah Lawrence College, and guest host Tim League, CEO of the national Alamo Drafthouse Cinema group, in honoring the most visionary people.

HONOREES MARK BAVA, EVP & CEO, THE MORRIS COMPANIES | JIMMY HILL, POSTHUMOUSLY, FOUNDER, YOUTH THEATRE INTERACTIONS, INC. BARBARA SEGAL, ARTIST & SCULPTOR | NED SULLIVAN, PRESIDENT, SCENIC HUDSON READERS CHOICE: DION DREW, GREYSTON BAKERY

RSVP: http://westfaironline.com/rsvp-yonkers-awards/ Or contact Holly DeBartolo, at 914-358-0743. SPONSORS

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PLANNING AHEAD YOUR SOURCE FOR UPCOMING WESTCHESTER NOT-FOR-PROFIT EVENTS MAY AN EVENING OF WISHES 8 2015 WISH BALL Benefiting: Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley

The Wish Ball is Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley’s largest fundraising event of the year. Event will feature cocktails, silent auction, dinner and live auction. CELEBRITY CO-HOSTS: Darlene Rodriguez, NBC ,Today in New York; and Mike Bennett, WHUD, Mike and Kacey in the Morning. HONOREES: Janet and Thomas Sullivan TIME: 6:30 to 11 p.m. LOCATION: DoubleTree by Hilton, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $350 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Tara Thorne at 478-0327 or email tthorne@hudson.wish.org

MAY VNS WESTCHESTER’S BENEFIT GALA 12 SPRING Benefiting: VNS Westchester

Proceeds from the gala support VNS Westchester’s free community health education programs. Share cocktails on the patio, gourmet dinner stations, delectable desserts and the popular silent auction. HONOREES: Frank A. Corvino, Greenwich Hospital Foundation; and Sumir Sahgal MD, EssenMed House Calls EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Debra Swee and Michael Wilson TIME: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. LOCATION: Willow Ridge Country Club, Harrison TICKET PRICE: $300 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Joyce Infante at 682-1480, ext. 649, or email jinfante@vns.org

MAY WESTCHESTER BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 14 AND ANNUAL LUNCHEON Benefiting: UJA-Federation of New York

Celebrate the work of UJA-Federation of New York and the Westchester Business and Professional Division. HONOREES: Daniel Singer and Debra A. Weiner EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Ann K. Silver and Roy Stillman TIME: 11:30 a.m. LOCATION: Brae Burn Country Club, Purchase TICKET PRICE: $125 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Nora Shapiro at 761-5100, ext. 122, or visit www.ujafedny.org/westchester

MAY HEATH TECH’15: FUELING IN WESTCHESTER 18-19 INNOVATION Benefiting: Westchester County Association’s

JUN. FATHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS ting: American Diabetes Association 11 Benefi The Father’s Day Council’s mission is to identify and honor fathers

who have demonstrated the ability to balance their personal lives, to serve as a role model for their children and to help make a positive difference in their community, and to raise funds from the Father of the Year Awards Dinner to benefit the American Diabetes Association. HONOREES: Andrew Benerofe, Benerofe Properties; Ron DeSoiza, O’Connor Davies; Richard Martinelli, Today Media; Dr. Peter Mercurio, Westchester Health Associates EVENT CHAIRMAN: Alfred E. Donnellan, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP TIME: 6 p.m. LOCATION: Trump National Golf Club, Briarcliff Manor TICKET PRICE: $250 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Walter Recher at 761-7111 or email Walter@HRGinc.net

Blueprint for Westchester

At this breakthrough conference, attendees will find out what the future holds in health tech innovation from the people who are driving and inspiring change. Learn how technology is revolutionizing medicine from the thought leaders, doctors, researchers and why Westchester plays a key role in the New York metro area’s innovation economy. Nationally renowned keynote speakers from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Regeneron Genetics Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital System. Panel topics include careers in health tech innovation, 3-D printing, capturing the value of big data, innovations in patient engagement and health care and life sciences real estate. This conference is perfect for technology entrepreneurs, biotech start-ups, investment bankers, venture capitalists, academics, health care executives and real estate professionals in Westchester and the region. Plenty of networking time, an eyeopening innovation showcase and a Big-Idea Pitch contest. TIME: May 18, 3 to 7pm; May 19, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. LOCATION: DoubleTree by Hilton, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $425 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Laura Montopoli at 948-6444 or visit www.healthtechwca.com for full agenda and registration

ANNUAL SPRING LUNCHEON

JUN. AND MARKETPLACE ting: Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC) 11 Benefi WEDC’s major fundraising event of the year that celebrates the accomplishments of women entrepreneurs and their indomitable spirit. The Marketplace is comprised of WEDC graduates, and demonstrates firsthand the impact that WEDC has in building women-owned businesses in the community and contributing to the local economy. HONOREES: Dee Del Bello, Westfair Business Publications; Millie Hernandez-Becker, Skyqueen Enterprises; and Susan Lonergan, Bank of America EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Nancy Kessler and Ellen Mellyn TIME: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. LOCATION: Abigail Kirsch Tappan Hill Mansion, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $150 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Maria Guardado at 948-6098 or email info@wedcbiz.org to register

MAY ‘PORTRAITS OF STRENGTH, HOPE, AND LOVE’ BENEFIT GALA 19 COURAGE Benefiting: Friends of Karen

Benefit gala celebrates Friends of Karen’s children and their families with cocktails, dinner and dancing, auction and surprise guests. HONOREES: Trish Lobenfeld, Sheila W. Petersen Award; and Tom Jocelyn, Friends of Karen Humanitarian Award EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Alessandra Hernandez, Lydia Singer and Sharon Weiner TIME: 7 to 11 p.m. LOCATION: The Loading Dock, Stamford, CT. TICKET PRICE: $350 per person, sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Gwen Salmo at 617-4051 or email lisadashman@friendsofkaren.org

2015 CENTENNIAL BURKE

JUN. AWARD DINNER ting: Burke Rehabilitation Center 16 Benefi The Burke Award Dinner is Burke Rehabilitation Center’s premier

fundraiser. The proceeds from this event support the shared goals of the hospital and research institute to provide outstanding rehabilitative care to all patients suffering from disabling illnesses and injuries while simultaneously working to develop new treatments to help countless patients regain their health and rebuild their lives. HONOREES: Jessica and Brad Berman, Ryan McDonagh, Mick Ebeling TIME: 6 p.m. LOCATION: The Pierre, New York City TICKET PRICE: $450 per person, $750 per VIP ticket; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Allison Galligan at 597-2222 or visit www.burke.org/ community/special-events-programs/burke-award

JUN. BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHERN 21ST ANNUAL 6 WESTCHESTER HUMANITARIAN AWARD DINNER Benefiting: Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester

MAY ARTSBASH ting: ArtsWestchester 15 Benefi ArtsWestchester’s 50th Anniversary celebration continues as

the best party of the spring season with artwork by area artists and samplings from 25-plus top restaurateurs. See the latest exhibition of selected works from the “50 for 50” Artists in the Main Gallery, enjoy open artists’ studios and food and wine throughout ArtsWestchester’s building in the heart of downtown White Plains. TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: ArtsWestchester, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $75 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Ann Fabrizo at 428-4220, ext. 326, or email afabrizio@artswestchester.org or visit www.artsw.org/artsbash

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The Humanitarian Award Dinner is the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester’s signature event providing one third of its annual budget for services to kids and their families. It features a cocktail reception, plated dinner, live and silent auctions, as well as a live band and lots of fun. A tribute journal with the club’s children’s art is distributed that evening and an online auction precedes the event. HONORING: Brian Skanes EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Linda Mahon, Lee Manning-Vogelstein and Lisa Shrewsberry TIME: 6:30 p.m. LOCATION: Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook TICKET PRICE: $350 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Jean Skanes at 666-8068, ext. 111, or visit www.bgcnw.com/events

JUN. 23

14TH ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC Benefiting: Cerebral Palsy of Westchester

Corporate sponsors and individual players will enjoy a day of golf and have a shot at the hole-in-one and other competitions. After the tournament, participants will take part in the evening’s festivities, which include dinner, silent auction, raffle and a presentation of the tournament winners. EVENT CHAIRMAN: Edward Delaney TIME: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. LOCATION: Quaker Ridge Golf Club, Scarsdale TICKET PRICE: $695 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Joan Colangelo at 937-3800, ext. 215, or email Joan.Colangelo@cpwestchester.org

MAY SPOTLIGHT LIFTING UP WESTCHESTER Lifting Up Westchester is the venerable 36-year-old social services organization located in White Plains. Previously known as Grace Church Community Center, the organization recently announced its re-launch with a new, comprehensive brand identity and tag line “Lifting Up Westchester: Where Hope Takes Flight – One Person at a Time.” Its mission is to restore hope to Westchester County’s men, women and children in need by providing them with food, shelter and support –– lifting them to greater self-sufficiency with dignity and respect. It is one of the largest social services agencies in Westchester County and has been fulfilling its mission since 1979 through the operation of eight community-based programs. The agency serves 4,000 men, women and children each year, providing 140,000 meals to the hungry and 28,000 nights of shelter to the homeless.

Lifting Up Westchester provides the following assistance to Westchester County’s men, women and children in need, including: Homeless Individuals: The organization has helped make the county a better place for its residents and businesses as one of the only agencies to provide outreach services and emergency beds for the chronically homeless –– helping them to move from the streets to a home of their own. For the almost 2,000 homeless in the county, services include Grace’s Kitchen, which annually provides more than 20,000 free and nutritious weekday and holiday meals; and Samaritan House Women’s Shelter and Open Arms Men’s Shelter. In addition to housing services rental assistance is provided to help prevent and homelessness. Youth: Lifting Up Westchester motivates and empowers atrisk youth by encouraging them to stay in school, improve their grades and aspire to be the first in their families to go

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to college and the last in their families to live in poverty. For disadvantaged and homeless youth in the county, the organization offers five weeks of summer day camp, an after-school mentoring program and college scholarships to financially struggling students. Seniors/Disabled Individuals: Lifting Up Westchester helps hundreds of elderly and disabled residents stay in their homes by providing compassionate and customized care through Neighbors Home Care Services, its licensed home care services agency. The most notable accomplishment for 2015 will be the opening of the newly renovated and expanded Open Arms Men’s Shelter, scheduled for September. This undertaking will pump $3.4 million into Westchester’s economy and completely change the way Lifting Up Westchester provides homeless services in the future. For more information, please visit www.liftingupwestchester.org.

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Lifting Up Westchester, the 36 year-old Westchester County social services organization, unveiled its new name and brand identity at the Oasis of Hope Gala at Leewood Golf Course. Included in the photo gallery are boardmembers Michael Heffner, Paxton J. Lewis, Brion Hayman, E. Barbara Wiggins, Linda Gallo, Carolyn Johnson, Carol Schiro Greenwald, Alan Goldman, Donna Drumm, Walter Simon, Helen Hamlyn Wasilewicz, Executive Director Paul Anderson-Winchell and The Rev. Richard Kunz (White Plains), among others who attended the event.

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SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER ELECTS CO-CHAIRS Sustainable Westchester Inc. has elected Chris Burdick, supervisor of the town of Bedford, and Mike Gordon, CEO and cofounder of Joule Assets Inc., as co-chairs of its board of directors. Somers-based Sustainable Westchester is a recently formed consortium of municipalities organized to work together toward a more sustainable future for Westchester County. Other officers elected include co-vice chairs Nancy Seligson, supervisor of the town of Mamaroneck, and Mike Spano, mayor of the city of Yonkers; co-secretaries Dan Chorost, of Rye, a partner at Sive, Paget & Riesel, and Peter McCartt, chairman of the Eastchester Environmental Committee and formerly chairman of the advisory board of the Southern Westchester Energy Action Coalition; and Treasurer Herb Oringel, of Somers, one of the founders of the Northern Westchester Energy Action Consortium and Sustainable Westchester. Other members of the board include Noam Bramson, mayor of New Rochelle; Sara Goddard, founding chairwoman of the Rye Sustainability Committee; Camilo Patrignani, CEO of Greenwood Energy; Tom Roach, mayor of White Plains; and Laura Rossi, of Katonah, senior program officer at the Westchester Community Foundation. “Our charge is to provide value to coun-

ty municipalities by creating savings for members and members’ taxpayers through shared services, by growing the region’s green economy, and by reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” Burdick said in a statement. “We have hit the ground running.”

FORMER HEDGE FUND CONTROLLER SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT A Greenwich man was sentenced April 27 in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport to four years in prison for embezzling more than $9 million from the hedge fund that previously employed him. Lawrence J. Herzing, 45, the former controller of Greenwich-based Contrarian Capital Management LLC, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer for wiring $9.2 million over a nine-year span from the company. According to the U.S. attorney’s office in Connecticut, Herzing wired funds from his employer to accounts that he controlled on 32 occasions between 2004 and 2013. Meyer ordered Herzing to pay full restitution as well as forfeit his home and the funds seized from his accounts. Herzing was arrested in October and pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in January. His sentence includes three years of supervised release after the four years of prison time. — Evan Fallor and Danielle Brody

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isa McCullagh, founder and owner of Pleasantville-based Scarborough & Tweed, said the decision to install solar panels seemed daunting and scary at first. “How do you do this? Do you buy it? Do you lease it?” were just some of the questions McCullagh said she had when looking for ways to make her corporate-gifts manufacturing business more eco-friendly. And she’s not the only business owner with concerns about making an investment of what is usually thousands of dollars in photovoltaic technology that converts sunlight into electricity. Small commercial businesses in Westchester County make up only 29.5 percent of solar installations that create fewer than 200 kilowatts per hour, according to recent statistics from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The data, collected since December 2000, found that residences make up 67.7 percent of the installed solar market in the county, and the remaining sectors — industrial, nonprofit and government — account for 2.7 percent. While there are a variety of financial incentives that make the investment favorable for businesses, getting through the weeds of the tax code is no small feat for owners of small commercial ventures. At the federal level is a 30 percent investment tax credit, in which businesses and homeowners that install small-scale solar systems will get a dollar-for-dollar reduction on income taxes for 30 percent of their investment cost. Solar, page 34

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Construction makes its comeback

he long-suffering recovery for the construction industry is finally taking hold, some five years after the official end to the Great Recession of 2008-10. What makes this recovery different from those in the early 1980s, 1990-92, and 2000-02 is the velocity of construction volume: it is one of the slowest rebounds in memory, according to longtime contractors and industry data. Let’s give the economists who predicted a protracted “L” shaped recovery a bonus for predicting this one correctly. One can see the shape of the “L” recovery in the hours worked posted by many of the union locals in the region. In one case, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 137 based in Briarcliff Manor, hit a high-water mark for membership employment in 2007 when it reported the total number of hours worked at nearly 1.5 million that year. Over the next five years, Local 137 saw that total number of hours worked each year dwindle to a level that by 2012 hours worked had dropped by a third, down to 978,000. Today, after several years of gradual recovery, the number is climbing back, but it’s still some 20 percent off its historic high. (Operating engineers are those highly skilled workers who operate the big cranes, bulldozers and loaders on construction sites for private and publicworks projects.) Among the forces contributing to the comeback of activity in the construction and building marketplace is the strengthening of the overall economy. State and municipal coffers are again being nourished by tax revenues from consumer spending (sales tax), home sales (mortgage and recording taxes), and a rise in travel and entertainment (hospitality and income tax). Low gas prices are also having a favorable effect on household budgets, leaving more cash in the wallets and purses to give consumers the confidence to make large purchases and take on new debt. As in other economic recoveries, construction and building are always the first sectors to go into recession, and they’re the first to come out of it. When postponing needed maintenance and repairs is no longer possible, owners capitulate by hiring crews to do the work. This often occurs long before the return of consumer confidence, so today, with the combined effect of low inflation and rock-bottom interest rates, developers and owners have mustered the courage to initiate capital projects. Heading the list of construction activity in the region is the $3.9 billion project to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge. Some 150 specialty subcontractors and service com-

panies have become part of this historic construction procurement contract that was assigned to Tappan Zee Constructors LLC in Tarrytown in March 2013. As was expected, the economic multiplier effect of this project is being felt far and wide. The replacement project is creating many hundreds of new jobs each week for what is expected to be a total of 6,000 jobs once the new dual-span crossing is completed in 2018. In addition to transportation and infrastructure construction, other growth sectors to watch are health care, retail and government spending on the municipal level. In health care, virtually all the major hospitals in the region are either advancing or completing building and expansion

projects as the competition for the health care consumer increases. Many institutions are repurposing office buildings for medical clinics and offices, which is an attestation of the attractiveness and appeal of the Westchester market. Another growth area is the education sector where schools and college boards are addressing the physical needs of their buildings. Case in point is the city of Yonkers where the average age of its public school buildings is approximately 80 years, with one dating back more than 100 years. These inefficient and underperforming properties must now be rehabbed or repurposed as the field of education continues to undergo major transformations. Here’s a list of projects that will help fuel

construction employment over the coming months: • Projects resulting from some $2.5 billion in new monies for infrastructure improvements resulting from the bank settlement “windfall” penalties earmarked by New York state in the fiscal year 2015-16 budget; • The $2.2-billion Champlain Hudson Power Express project that will be placed in waters along the proposed route beneath Lake Champlain and the Hudson River; • Another massive driver of construction work in the region is the $1 billion project in Orange County to build a 2.5-milelong bypass tunnel approximately 600 feet below ground, around a leaking portion Construction, page 35

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n a recent open letter to the real estate community, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reminded brokers that it is legal to give rebates to clients and urged them to do so. Schneiderman said a section of New York Real Property Law has been amended to clarify that rebates, when a broker gives part of their commission to their client, are permitted. The legislative change came from an investigation into market factors that were preventing greater price competition among residential real estate brokers, he said. The law, which was signed in December, can increase price competition, especially because more buyers are using alternative methods, like real-estate search websites that allow buyer-side brokers to offer more limited-service, lower-fee models, Schneiderman said. Brokers that use these models can accept lower commissions by rebating while also serving a larger number of clients, he said. “Rebating by real estate brokers can greatly reduce the costs of buying and selling property and even facilitate new and innovative business models,” Schneiderman said in a statement. “I urge the real estate community to embrace this opportunity to be more competitive and improve the choices available to New York homeowners. I also encourage buyers and sellers alike to take advantage of your right to bargain with your broker for a lower commission.” According to Don Cummins, director of legal services and professional standards administrator at the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, the new law eliminates ambiguity. “The legislation was initiated by real estate licensees to ensure that they would not be charged with giving illegal kickbacks when credits or commission reductions are negotiated,” he said. “This has been a longstanding and common practice by real estate licensees, supported by multiple opinions from the New York State Department of State and the office of the attorney general.” J. Philip Faranda, broker-owner at J. Philip Real Estate LLC in Briarcliff Manor, said he could see why the government clarified the law. “The antitrust concern is to allow alterRE, page 35

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chose to exempt local sales tax on solar energy equipment purchases. However, four Westchester jurisdictions — Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, White Plains and Yonkers — opted out and have a 2.5 percent sales tax on solar installations. It’s this tax-heavy complexity that Silver said can deter small businesses from going solar, while favoring other companies that “have tax lawyers at their beck and call and can make themselves aware of it and take advantage of it.” McCullagh said she looked to SunBlue to communicate the government rebates and walk her through the installation process when she hired the company to install Scarborough & Tweed’s 51.3 kilowatt solar energy system. But McCullagh, whose solar panels were installed in March, said it was still a tough decision because no matter how you look at it “you do have to put up some financial investment” at the outset. But the investment McCullagh made should pay for itself in three to five years, Silver estimated, adding that residential customers might not pay back their solar investment for roughly five to eight years. Another feature of solar panel installations is net metering, a process that disperses extra energy generated into the electrical utility grid and gives a market-rate credit to

the company whose solar installation created the surplus power. Silver said other concerns he hears from clients are about whether their company is eligible for tax credits. “For some small companies in this area, they’re concerned that they maybe can’t take full advantage of the tax benefits that are associated with the solar incentives because they’d have to show profitability” on their tax return to claim the credit that year, he said. However, companies that may have trouble paying for a solar project can start to take advantage of a growing solar financing plan called power purchase agreements. A power purchase agreement allows a third party to develop and own the solar panel system but use a host customer to provide the space for the system. The arrangement typically allows the host to benefit from the lower electricity costs without having to pay for the upfront installation costs. Silver said SunBlue is “at the beginning of a process” to begin offering this type of plan. “We can design and install the system on their location and offer them a discounted price for the electricity the solar array produces,” Silver said, adding that “we can lock them in at a lower rate at the outset and show them savings without ever being cash negative.”

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nate business models,” he said. “They should be allowed; the consumer should have the choice.” Yet, he said discounts don’t often work in real estate. He said online real estate brokerage Redfin Realty used to offer 50 percent of its commission to consumers. In 2012 the company changed its model, offering a fixed-dollar refund for each listing instead. Another online brokerage, ZipRealty, discontinued its rebate program in 2011. He said rebates have never gotten much traction in the real estate market because people do not trust cheap when it comes to something as financially significant as buying a home. “If their value proposition is the cheap-

est, that does not mean the consumer is going to get the best outcome,” he said. Similar to any industry, consumers should choose quality over price, he said, adding that a bad broker can lead to huge financial mistakes. Good brokers that have experience, local knowledge, strong advice, savvy and negotiating skills “are worth their weight in gold,” he said. Clients have asked Faranda about rebates, but when he said he does not offer them, most of the time clients do business with him anyway, he said. While technology has led to more methods to buy a home, he said most people prefer going the traditional route. “If anything, it validated those of us who are not considered alternative businesses models,” he said. “The consumers overwhelmingly go with what’s considered the traditional real estate broker.”

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of the Delaware Aqueduct, which provides drinking water to New York City. (New York City has invested more than $20 billion in water-quality projects, which have been a mainstay of employment for the local building trades over the past two decades.) • New York State Department of Transportation plans to spend nearly $100 million for the bridgework throughout the Westchester/Hudson Valley region; • The Westchester County Department of Public Works indicated plans for $185 billion in capital projects in 2015, including an estimated $71 million in the second quarter and $17 billion in the third quarter; and • The effects of the $1 billion casino project in Sullivan County is already being felt throughout the region as local contractors and service companies compete for the utility, infrastructure, site development and the building portions of the development. As the region’s contractors and building trade crews return to work with greater regularity, those enterprises that survived the recession and the two harsh winters that followed are looking at that “L” shape recovery with new-found appreciation for what it truly represents: long in coming and now lucky to be back in the thick of it. Ross Pepe is president of both the Construction Industry Council of Westchester & Hudson Valley Inc. and the Building Contractors Association of Westchester & MidHudson Region Inc., and serves as treasurer of the New York Roadway & Infrastructure Coalition. He can be reached at 914-631-6070 or ross@cicnys.org. WCBJ | HV Biz

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Tappan Zee construction moves into higher gear BY COLLEEN WILSON

FIXED DESIGN AND BUILD CONTRACT Signed contracts worth or paid out

Tappan Zee Constructors LLC has a fixed design and build contract of $3.142 billion, of which it has spent $1.8 billion. Here is a breakdown of how that money has been spent.

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ith the mercury gradually moving above the 50-degree mark, Tappan Zee Constructors LLC is gearing up for what will be a busy season in the third year of construction on the bridge replacement project. Because of inclement weather this winter, two months of construction work was limited to the shorelines on either side of the Hudson River. There, crews assembled the landing foundations that will connect the roadway with the new bridge. Tarrytown-based Tappan Zee Constructors, the consortium that is leading the design and building of the bridge, has spent about $1.8 billion on contracts, according to data from the New York State

Thruway Authority. The consortium’s fixed contract with the Thruway Authority to design and build is $3.142 billion, but total costs, with items such as oversight expenses, are estimated to be $3.9 billion. A breakdown of the $1.8 billion spent includes $757 million on permanent materials such as steel and concrete, $752 million on subcontractors and $319 million on indirect expenses like insurance and legal fees. Tappan Zee Constructors has so far hired 552 New York firms or vendors to help with the project. Of those, 155 are in Westchester County, just three shy of the total 158 companies contracted from New York City and Rockland and Orange counties. Funding for the bridge includes bonds issued by the Thruway Authority and a long-term, low-interest $1.6 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo also sent the Thruway Authority $1.3 billion to keep tolls down throughout the state and support construction of the bridge, he announced in January. In order to secure federal funding for the project, Tappan Zee Constructors has to devote part of its budget to hiring minority, women, disabled or veteran-owned small businesses through a federal program called Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. The consortium set a goal of spending $314 million on the DBE program, or 10 percent of the fixed contract. So far, it has signed contracts worth $149.2 million of that goal to 93 certified DBE companies. In the coming warm months, commuters crossing the bridge can expect to see concrete and steel parts going into place. “This year, residents will see more and more vertical piers rising out of the Hudson River and the massive I Lift NY supercrane setting huge prefabricated sections of the new bridge, saving both time and money while enhancing project quality and safety,” Brian Conybeare, special adviser to the governor on the bridge project, said in a statement. Looming next to the bridge that connects Rockland and Westchester counties is the red and white boon of the I Lift NY crane, which recently completed its first official job in late April. The supercrane, which arrived via barge to the site last October, lifted a 600-ton concrete pile cap into place, a process that lasted three-anda-half hours. Its future tasks will include hoisting other sections of the main spans, like steel beams, and will eventually help deconstruct the old bridge. According to officials, construction is still on schedule, which puts the first span’s completion date around December 2016 with the second span expected to be finished about a year later.

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woman.” This quote is clearly evident as we see how the retail landscape has evolved in the village of Bronxville and the women in the forefront that have made this happen over the past two years. The new businesses emerging in Bronxville are owned and operated by women and the women in village government have been equally responsible for making them come to life. Walk through Bronxville today and you will see so many new shops and “coming soon” signs in many windows. At 66 Pondfield Road there’s Candy Rox, which opened its first location in Rye, and is owned and operated by Valerie Stone, a mother of three from Edgemont. Valerie had an exciting concept and noticed a void in the Westchester market for candy, both bulk and vintage and unique, hip items that kids of all ages would enjoy. Across the street from Candy Rox you will find North, a sophisticated shop with clothing that caters to the modern woman used to trekking to Manhattan to create her own style. The owner and operator, Tammy Ehrenfeld, is a Bronxville resident with 25 years of experience in fashion, advertising and marketing. Tammy also saw a void and was so focused on making her dream to create North a reality. Just two doors down from North in one of Bronxville’s most beautifully appointed corners, 65 Pondfield Road, is the home of the soon-to-be Stillmeadow Gourmet. Kate Brewster-Duffy, who has worked in a variety of kitchens, steps out for the first time on her own to bring Bronxville fresh, local and environmentally conscious, sustainable prepared foods for the culinary enthusiast. Kate looked at a number of New York City locations but felt Bronxville was the right fit for her and her vision. Then there are the determined women of SoulCycle, which operates at 94 Kraft Ave. Launched on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the spin class business has grown to 41 studios since its founding nine years ago by Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice. These women could not find a form of exercise that felt like work and was also inspirational. They at last found it in the form of candlelit indoor spinning and the rest is history. The newest retailer coming to Bronxville this summer, bluemercury, is the nation’s largest and fastest growing luxury beauty products chain. Opening at 48 Pondfield Road, it is the brainchild of Marla Malcolm Beck, founder and CEO of bluemercury, and her husband Barry Beck.

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time has said and written, “It takes a village.” In this case, it takes Mayor Mary Marvin. Marvin has always championed both the retailers and the landlords in Bronxville. She is always available to sit down with prospective tenants and has always been willing and helpful wooing the very best tenants; she takes the time to know what her neighborhood and neighbors want and need. She “sells” her village like no other. She says it best: “Women have a unique pulse on their communities that so often translates into success in business and government. We hear and we act!” In addition to Marvin, the backbone of the downtown is the director of the Bronxville Chamber of Commerce, Susan Miele. What seemed like a part-time position to plan sidewalk sales, concerts and carnivals sounded just right for the mom of two school-aged kids. It quickly became the allencompassing task of helping to boost the local economy. Working with village officials, commercial property owners, business owners, residents, and other constituents, her focus expanded beyond event planning to include revisions to zoning laws, parking restrictions, vacant storefronts, and other municipal issues. This story would not be complete without recognizing the work and the future expansion of the One Love Foundation in Bronxville. This foundation, founded by Bronxville women at 116 Kraft Ave. and born out of the tragic beating death five years ago of Yeardley Reynolds Love, a University of Virginia lacrosse player, at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, clearly exemplifies what can be accomplished when smart, strong and determined women get together. Said Katie Hood, CEO of the One Love Foundation, “What we love about Bronxville is that it is a true community that looks out for each other and helps each other. From day one, the One Love Foundation has been embraced by this community, and we are thrilled to be building our team – and launching our national movement to end relationship violence – right here.” Having had the pleasure of working with all of these women to bring businesses to Bronxville and keep it a viable and bustling downtown business district in spite of the changes in consumer shopping habits, I have seen women with so much in common. All of these women are filled with vision, determination, passion, innovation and a sense of humor.

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Pace University opens renovated student center BY DANIELLE BRODY dbrody@westfairinc.com

ace University on April 23 opened the doors of its renovated Jeanette and Morris Kessel Student Center on its Pleasantville campus. The student center is one phase of the school’s $120 million development project. The school plans to sell its 35-acre Briarcliff Manor campus, which houses nearly 600 students that are bused to the main campus, and consolidate all school functions in Pleasantville. William McGrath, senior vice president and chief operating officer for the Westchester campuses, said the new development will welcome Briarcliff students and accommodate the school’s growth. He said the transformed center is increasing social activity and bringing students together to work in groups. “It is the central part of campus, the heart of the campus,” McGrath said. Global firm EYP Architecture and Engineering designed the 9,500-squarefoot addition to the 57,000-square-foot building, which also has an updated facade. The building addition includes new stu-

dent lounges — one with a piano, a larger dining area with expanded options, a multipurpose room, student government offices, a dean’s suite and more open seating areas. The building overlooks Choate Pond, which was environmentally restored and improved with landscaping. More construction is underway to add buildings and make the campus more pedestrian-friendly with green spaces. One new residence hall is set to open in time for the fall semester and the other in fall 2016, McGrath said. The school is also renovating the athletic fields, which are expected to be finished by September. A new environmental center is slated to open in the fall. President Stephen Friedman said the student center is the start of a new chapter for Pace and will pay substantial dividends for the school financially and for students’ success and satisfaction. He said after Pace’s Manhattan campus renovated the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, applications to the performing arts program burgeoned. “When we invest in ourselves, we are investing in this university,” he said. “The university grows and thrives.”

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ace University recently announced that Joseph Ianniello, the chief operating officer of CBS Corp., committed $2 million toward the construction of a new athletics field house on its Pleasantville campus. The athletics field house is part of the university’s $120 million construction project, “Campaign for Pleasantville,” which includes new residence halls, a new environmental center and a renovated and expanded student center, which opened this semester. The school’s Pleasantville and Briarcliff Manor campuses will be consolidated in Pleasantville. “Through our ‘Campaign for Pleasantville,’ we are enhancing the student experience at Pace and this gift will have a tremendous impact on the daily lives of our student-athletes and the entire Pace community,” Pace University President Stephen J. Friedman said in a statement from the university. When the 14,010-square-foot Ianniello Field House opens later this year, it will be

one of the most heavily trafficked buildings, according to the statement. Spectators and visitors will travel through the field house to enter the outdoor athletic complex, and all Pace athletes and coaches will use the facility for practice, conditioning and gatherings. The field house also will include new strength and conditioning facilities and a sports medicine component. Ianniello earned a bachelor’s degree at Pace and was a member of the university’s football team and the Alpha Chi Epsilon fraternity on campus. He frequently mentors Pace students; he recently returned to Pace’s Lubin School of Business to share career and industry advice with Pace students. He is a new member of the university’s board of trustees. “Pace University provides high-quality education with a strong focus on the kind of experiential learning that is invaluable in today’s business world, and I am honored to be able to give back to my alma mater in this way,” Ianniello said. — Danielle Brody

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FACTS& FIGURES BANKRUPTCIES POUGHKEEPSIE 2425 Route 52 Corp. 2425 Route 52, Hopewell Junction 12533. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Tracy Jerald Murphy. Filed: April 26. Case no. 15-35744-cgm.

WHITE PLAINS Menichas Usher Inc. 11 Sunrise Drive, Unit 6, Monsey 10952. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Menichas Usher Inc. Filed: April 27. Case no. 15-22575-rdd.

COURT CASES Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Angel Alvarez. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Nancy A. Mismash. Filed: April 27. Case no. 7:15-cv03274-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Melissa Nicole Craig. Action: diversity: notice of removal. Attorneys: Steve Michael Faries, David Paul Matthws and Rachal G. Rojas. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03158-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Danielle Perkins. Action: diversity: notice of removal. Attorney: Steve Michael Faries, David Paul Matthews and Rachal G. Rojas. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03153-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Ray Cordero. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorney: Keith E. Patton. Filed: April 24. Case no. 7:15-cv-03173-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed Taylor Salas. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Darren M. Tawwater and Larry A. Tawwater. Filed: April 28. Case no. 7:15-cv-03295-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Kendra Evans. Action: diversity: notice of removal. Attorneys: Steve Michael Faries, David Paul Matthews and Rachal G. Rojas. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03160-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Melissa Fenwick. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Amber M. Pang Parra and Joseph W. Steele. Filed: April 24. Case no. 7:15-cv03226-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Jeanette Akers. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorney: Paula S. Bliss. Filed: April 29. Case no. 7:15-cv03338-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Amber Foster and Cody Foster. Action: petition for removal – breach of contract. Attorneys: Tanner W. Hicks and Hack Mattingly Jr. Filed: April 24. Case no. 7:15-cv-03228-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Sulma Arandi. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorney: Joshua Noah Lief. Filed: April 28. Case no. 7:15-cv03289-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Carmen Garcia and Ray Cordero. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorneys: Keith E. Patton. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03173-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Stacy Bell. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: John T. Kirtley III. Filed: April 28. Case no. 7:15-cv-03289-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Kassandra Gomez. Action: diversity: notice of removal. Attorneys: Steve Michael Faries, David Paul Matthews and Rachal G. Rojas. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03157-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Lisa Dawn Harris. Action: diversity: notice of removal. Attorneys: Steve Michael Faries, David Paul Matthews and Rachal G. Rojas. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03149-CS.

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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Sharon Lynn Hoskison. Filed: diversity: notice of removal. Attorneys: Steve Michael Faries, David Paul Matthews and Rachal G. Rojas. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03156-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Cherelle Johnson. Action: diversity: notice of removal. Attorneys: Steve Michael Faries, David Paul Matthews and Rachal G. Rojas. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03150-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Dorothy J. Schumacher. Action: diversity: notice of removal. Attorney: Steve Michael Faries, David Paul Matthews and Rachal G. Rojas. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03151-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Samantha Strickland and Jay Strickland. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Rachel A. Placitella. Filed: April 29. Case no. 7:15-cv03322-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Nanoshka Strampher. Action: diversityproduct liability. Attorney: Rachel A. Placitella. Filed: April 29. Case no. 7:15-cv-03323-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Sarah Whitaker. Action: diversity: notice of removal. Attorneys: Steve Michael Faries, David Paul Matthews and Rachal G. Rojas. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03164-CS. East Coast Plumbing & Maintenance Limited Liability Co. Filed by Trustees of the Structural Steel and Bridge Painters of Greater New York Employee Trust Funds and Trustees of the District Council 9 Painting Industry Insurance and Annuity Funds. Action: E.R.I.S.A.: civil enforcement of employee. Attorney: Dana Lynne Henke. Filed: April 28. Case no. 7:15-cv-03299-CS. New York City Department of Education. Filed by Drita Moschetti. Action: fed. question. Attorney: Michael Howard Sussman. Filed: April 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-03161-KMK. Rockland County Community College. Filed by Carolina Sosa. Action: job discrimination. Attorney: Michael Howard Sussman. Filed: April 29. Case no. 7:15-cv03329-KMK.

DEEDS Above $1 million 343 Yellow Jersey LLC, White Plains. Seller: Manville Follies, Chappaqua. Property: 343 Manville Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $1 million. Filed April 28. R.W.H. Real Estate Development LLC, Bozeman, Mont. Seller: RPS Family Investments LLC, Bozeman, Mont. Property: 40 Deer Park Road, Bedford. Amount: $1 million. Filed April 28.

Below $1 million 203 Forest Avenue LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Donna Goodstein, New Rochelle. Property: 203 Forest Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $960,000. Filed April 23. 650 Brooklyn – Diversiﬁed LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Seller: Richard Joseph Strassfield, White Plains. Property: 17 Saw Mill River Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $428,000. Filed April 24. A and S Ventures LLC, Ossining. Seller: Michael Trizinsky, et al, Ossining. Property: 54 Dale Ave., Ossining. Amount: $120,000. Filed April 24. Bank of America N.A. Seller: James J. Veneruso, Bronxville. Property: 47 Point St., 1C, Yonkers. Amount: $138,551. Filed April 24. Belmont and Clark LLC, Bronx. Seller: 61 Belmont Avenue Realty LLC, Yonkers. Property: 61 Belmont Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $900,000. Filed April 27. Castle Walk Development LLC, Hartsdale. Seller: Eve Lichtenstein Tauss, Scarsdale. Property: 49 Carthage Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $615,000. Filed April 24. Columbus Plaza Associates LLC, Hawthorne. Seller: G.H. Kerry Ltd., Thornwood. Property: Columbus Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $100,000. Filed April 27. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Joan C. Salwen, Scarsdale. Property: 30 Snowden Ave., Ossining. Amount: $611,342. Filed April 27. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Linda Markowitz, Elmsford. Property: 11 First St., New Rochelle. Amount: $929,245. Filed April 27.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Darren DeUrso, White Plains. Property: 406 S. 9th Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $658,752. Filed April 27. Fannie Mae. Seller: Robert D. Ryan, White Plains. Property: 2 Bretton Road, Yonkers. Amount: $472,746. Filed April 28. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: James Garvey III, Scarsdale. Property: 431 6th Avenue S., Mount Vernon. Amount: $263,866. Filed April 23. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: David Gregory Gallo, Armonk. Property: 9 Dutch St., Cortlandt. Amount: $373,844. Filed April 27. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Thomas Cathcart Jr., Hartsdale. Property: 16 Washington Place, Greenburgh. Amount: $579,548. Filed April 24.

The View at Dobbs LLC, Hastings on Hudson. Seller: The City of White Plains, White Plains. Property: 5 Woodale Place, White Plains. Amount: $311,000. Filed April 22. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Francis J. Apicella, Tuckahoe. Property: 22 Hastings Landing, Greenburgh. Amount: $20,200. Filed April 23. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Jay B. Hashmall, White Plains. Property: 428 Union Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $791,000. Filed April 28. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John G. Molloy, White Plains. Property: 832 Palisade Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $433,300. Filed April 28. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Ilka Wilson, et al, White Plains. Property: 81 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $183,968. Filed April 23.

Global Real Estate USA Inc., New York. Seller: Christopher DeSanto, et al, Eastchester. Property: 4 Orchard St., Eastchester. Amount: $635,000. Filed April 23.

Webb Development Services Corp., Mount Vernon. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 236 W. 2nd St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $197,000. Filed April 24.

Joa Development Group Inc., Ossining. Seller: Thomas J. Vallely, Tuckahoe. Property: 62 Alder Street N., Yonkers. Amount: $100,000. Filed April 24.

Webster Ave Yonkers LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: 139 Webster Corp., Yonkers. Property: 139 Webster Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $710,000. Filed April 23.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Seller: Dorothy E. Porter, Mount Vernon. Property: 6 Wildwood Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $239,378. Filed April 28. OWB REO LLC. Seller: Michele Bermel, Chappaqua. Property: 35 Winding Wood Road, Rye. Amount: $719,278. Filed April 27. Peekskill Partners LLC, White Plains. Seller: Francis J. Malara, White Plains. Property: 140 Amackassin Terrace, Yonkers. Amount: $175,000. Filed April 28. RP 175 LLC, Bedford. Seller: Magda Clavijo Rodriguez, Port Chester. Property: 170 Terrace Ave., Rye. Amount: $280,000. Filed April 22. Sarles B2 LLC, New York. Seller: Allan S. Gordon, New York. Property: 10 Sarles St., New Castle. Amount: $750,000. Filed April 24. The Primrose Group 128 LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Joseph E. Rodriguez, Scarsdale. Property: 128 Colonial Parkway, 3J, Yonkers. Amount: $217,000. Filed April 24.

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FORECLOSURES CORTLANDT MANOR, 7 Van Cortlandt Place. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Citifinancial Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Eliot, 914-345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford. Defendant: Randy Jefferson. Referee: Stephanie Whidden. Sale: May 13, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $689,403.25. NEW ROCHELLE, 75 Lord Kitchener Road. Single-family residence; .36 acre. Plaintiff: Castle Peak 2012-1 Loan Trust. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Sheldon May & Assoc., 516-763-3200; 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre. Defendant: Errol Dennis. Referee: W. Whitfields Wells. Sale: May 13, 10:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,245,828.19. OSSINING, 1 Martin Road. Single-family residence; .14 acre. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Plaintiff ’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C., 914-636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New Rochelle. Defendant: Maria Lopez. Referee: Dennis Krolian. Sale: May 13, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $635,769.46.

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GOOD THINGS HAPPENING CNR AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS

KIDS X-PRESS NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR White Plains-based Kids X-Press, a nonprofit promoting childhood literacy, is appointing Marsha Tom as the new executive director upon the retirement of Nivia Viera, founder, publisher and 14-year veteran with the company. Prior to joining, Tom served as executive director of Big Broth-

ers Big Sisters of Family Services of Westchester, creating school and workplace-based mentoring programs and leveraging new funding sources. She began her educational career as an art teacher and spent 17 years in the South Bronx as a substance abuse specialist, working with children and families.

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From left: Ariana Silvestre, grant recipient; Judith Huntington, president, CNR; and Rachel Guglielmo, grant recipient.

The College of New Rochelle (CNR) presented Sister Dorothy Ann Kelly Scholarships to two high school students at the annual Westchester Women’s Hall of Fame Luncheon March 27 at the Doubletree Hotel by Hilton Hotel Tarrytown. Judith Huntington, president of CNR, presented the scholarships

to Rachel Guglielmo of White Plains High School and Ariana Silvestre of Saunders Trades and Technical High School in Yonkers, both of whom aspire to jobs in social service professions. Named in honor of Sister Dorothy Ann Kelly, the 11th president of the college and a Westchester Hall

of Fame inductee, the $5,000 merit grant is awarded to students with a minimum 3.0 GPA and score 1,000 or higher on the SAT. The scholarship also includes a room grant, valued at $4,000 annually. Both the scholarship and room grant are renewable for four years as long as the student maintains a 3.0 GPA.

Friends of Westchester County Parks, an organization that encourages the public to support the preservation of the 18,000 acres of parks, trails and open spaces in the county, is launching “Volunteer with Friends,” a community service program inviting residents to help with the beautification of parks. Volunteer with Friends takes place on the third Saturday of each month, from May to October. Activities include raking, mulching, planting, litter pickup and more.

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Long Island Rail Road to position the ESA/GCT as a world-class MTA transportation center. He was formerly vice president with Metro-North Railroad and now joins MTA Capital Construction Co., which oversees East Side Access. “Now in its second century, the future of Grand Central remains bright with the addition of East Side Access,” Fleischer said. “It’s an honor to join the MTACC project team that will deliver the new underground Terminal and tunnels, creating a historic new crossroad for both Long Island and Metro-North Railroads.”

HVEDC WELCOMES GIORDANO Frank P. Giordano III, partner and shareholder of Middletown-based Judelson, Giordano & Siegal CPA, PC, an accounting firm, has been named to the board of directors for Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC), an economic development agency for Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess,

FRIENDS ANNOUNCE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

New York City-based Metropolitan Transportation Authority appointed Randall J. Fleischer of Mahopac as senior vice president/program executive — East Side access/ Grand Central Terminal (ESA/GCT) for facility operations and passenger experience. As a key component of the East Side Access project, the creation of a new Long Island Rail Road Terminal underneath Grand Central Terminal represents an opportunity in fashioning how the terminals will function together. Fleischer’s responsibilities include leading initiatives to ensure a customer-oriented integration of Metro-North Railroad and the

Rockland, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties. Giordano’s experience includes assisting new clients and startup businesses in implementing complete accounting packages, including hardware and software. He holds a bachelor’s in accounting and finance from Pace University.

OCLT AWARDS TWO CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP GRANTS

From left, Friends of Westchester County Parks representatives: Joanne Fernandez, board chairwoman; Christine La Porta, director of operations; Sara Cavanaugh, volunteer coordinator; and Joe Stout, executive director.

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The Orange County Land Trust (OCLT) has been awarded $65,000 in grants from the New York State Conservation Partnership Program, a joint program of the Land Trust Alliance and Department of Environmental Conservation to help protect farmland, conserve

natural resources, boost outdoor recreation and tourism and advance economic development. The grants are funded through the Environmental Protection Fund and will be matched with an additional $1.7 million in private and local funds.

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WALKWAY MARATHON TOPS 2,300 RUNNERS The Walkway Marathon Race Services in partnership with Dutchess County government

gala guests included Kevin Plunkett, Westchester’s Deputy County Executive and Mike Kaplowitz, vice chairman of the Westchester County board of legislators, who recognized Karen Blumenthal and Emily Grant for their contributions to the county.

exceeded its goal of 2,300 registered racers nearly two months before runners converge on Poughkeepsie for its inaugural races June 13. Walkway Marathon organizers, including the Walkway Over the Hudson organization, the Walk-

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White Plains-based Westchester Jewish Community Services, a nonprofit human services agency, raised $730,000 from its annual gala to benefit Westchester County Programs, April 21 at the Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison. The more than 250

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN OF WESTCHESTER IS FEATURING ITS “YOU, YOUR BUSINESS, ONLY BETTER” luncheon series with guest speaker, Laura Powers, president, Powers Career Coaching LLC, noon to 2 p.m., M & T Bank, 303 S. Broadway, Tarrytown. For more information, visit professionalwomenofwestchester.com.

way State Historic Park, Dutchess County Government, Marist College and the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club expect more than 5,000 races, spectators, supporters and volunteers to attend the event. Registered runners are picking up

THE YORKTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is hosting its 17th annual dinner dance and awards celebration, 7 p.m., Villa Barone Hilltop Manor, 466 Route 6, Mahopac. For more information, visit yorktownchamber.org.

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MAY 18 From left: Barry Kaplan, board president, WJCS; Karen Blumenthal, honoree; Emily Grant, honoree; Alan Trager, CEO, WJCS; and Bernie Kimberg, chief operating officer, WJCS.

THE INN AT POUND RIDGE BY JEAN-GEORGES IS FEATURING A LITERARY LUNCHEON with a discussion led by Ruth Reichl, author of “Delicious!” a novel, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., 258 Westchester Ave., Pound Ridge. For more information, visit theinnatpoundridge.com.

REBUILDING TOGETHER DUTCHESS COUNTY, a nonprofit housing organization, is hosting its 23rd annual golf tournament, 7:30 a.m. registration and breakfast and 9 a.m. start, Dutchess Golf Club, 2628 South Road, Poughkeepsie. For more information, visit rtdutchess.org.

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WJCS GALA RAISES $730,000 FOR WESTCHESTER PROGRAMS

NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL/WESTCHESTER DIVISION IS FEATURING “A HEALTHY OUTLOOK: RECOGNIZING DEPRESSION IN LATER LIFE,” presented by Patrick Raue, an associate attending psychologist at the hospital, 7 to 8:30 p.m., 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains. For more information, call 914-997-5779.

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NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL/WESTCHESTER DIVISION IS FEATURING “IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER,” presented by Ashley Storrs, an attending psychiatrist at the hospital, 7-8:30 p.m., 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains. For more information, call 914-997-5779.

Country Bank, with branches in Manhattan, Bronx and Westchester County, celebrated the grand opening of its midtown New York City flagship branch at 655 Third Ave. The location is also home to the bank’s headquarters and serves as the fifth branch for Country Bank.

NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL/WESTCHESTER DIVISION IS FEATURING “DEEP BREATHING FOR GOOD MENTAL HEALTH,” presented by Scott Trefny, a senior rehabilitation specialist at the hospital, 7 to 8:30 p.m., 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains. For more information, call 914-997-5779.

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BOSCOBEL IS FEATURING JAMES DOYLE, founder and principal for Doyle Herman Design Associates and Kathryn Herman, principal for Doyle Herman Design Associates for a discussion titled “The Language of Landscape: Simplicity, Scale & Structure,” 6 to 8 p.m., Garrison. For more information, call 845-265-3638

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MAY 6 Executives from Country Bank celebrated the grand opening of its new Manhattan flagship branch. Among those attending were, from left, Joseph M. Murphy, chairman; JoAnn M. Murphy, vice chair; Carolyn T. Murphy; and Joseph M. Murphy Jr., president and CEO.

NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL/WESTCHESTER DIVISION IS FEATURING “ASK THE EXPERT: UNDERSTANDING CHILD & ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR,” presented by Despina Hatziergati, the unit chief for the child inpatient unit at the hospital, 7 to 8:30 p.m., NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains. For more information, call 914-997-5779.

ART OF DRESSING BY TONIA FEATURES ITS “STYLE GUIDE FOR WOMEN” event, teaching women how to look and feel their best, Art of Dressing, 555 E. Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck. Registration is required. To register, call 914-481-5552.

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FACTS & FIGURES OSSINING, 87 State St. Singlefamily residence; .16 acre. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914-345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford. Defendant: Chris Ridenhour. Referee: P. Daniel Holls. Sale: May 19, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $365,069.95. OSSINING, 172 Cedar Lane. Single-family residence; .38 acre. Plaintiff: M&T Bank. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Schiller & Knapp, 516786-9069; 950 New Loudon Road, Suite 310, Latham. Defendant: Rosina M. Perry. Referee: Loren Glassman. Sale: May 13, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $440,376.19. YONKERS, 23 Leonard Place (AKA) 21 Leonard Place. Single-family residence; .17 acre. Plaintiff: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914-3453020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford. Defendant: George Ramirez. Referee: Kenneth Lyle Bunting. Sale: May 19, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $667,550.10. YONKERS, 1052 Mclean Ave. Commercial building; .1 acre. Plaintiff: Federal National Mortgage Assoc. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Edward Gallagher. Referee: Christina Romano. Sale: May 13, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $453,439.05.

2290 South Restaurant Corp., Yonkers. $10,112 in favor of U.S. Foods Inc., Englewood, N.J. Filed April 21. AA Bakers Inc., Tarrytown. $3,322 in favor of Hughes Financial Services Corp., White Plains. Filed April 24.

Valencia, Miguel, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $582,300 affecting property at 138 Fourth Ave., Pelham 10803. Filed July 10.

Cermele, Matthew, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $544,000 affecting property at 1 Charles Place, Eastchester 10708. Filed July 9.

Nolan, Mary C., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $275,000 affecting property at 51 Sterling Ave., Yonkers 10704. Filed July 9.

Volpe, Lorenzo, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property at 634 N. Division St., Peekskill 10566. Filed July 10.

Corsa, John, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property at 1507 Barbara Lane, Mamaroneck 10543. Filed July 7.

Parisi, Karen A., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property at 4403 Villa at the Woods, unit D403, Peekskill 10566. Filed July 9.

Encalada, Franklin, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $410,000 affecting property at 328 Spring St., Ossining 10562. Filed July 9.

Perry, Rosina M., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property at 173 Cedar Lane, Ossining 10562. Filed July 9.

Flynn, Dennis, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $392,000 affecting property located at 2423 Loring Place, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed July 7.

Persico, Robert, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $235,000 affecting property at 75 Woodford Road, Yonkers 10583. Filed July 7.

Gyapong, Apienti, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $420,000 affecting property at 20 Claremont Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed July 9.

Jacobs, Alfred, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property at 217 Kemey’s Cove, Briarcliff Manor 10510. Filed July 8.

Bischof Construction, Tarrytown. $7,932 in favor of Dececchis Electric Corp., Tarrytown. Filed April 21.

Lee, Duncan T., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $590,000 affecting property at 512 Wolfs Lane, Pelham Manor 10803. Filed July 10.

Multi-Pak Corp., Hackensack, N.J. $9,683 in favor of Laundry Dry Cleaning Workers and Allied Industries Health Fund, White Plains. Filed April 20.

Lenti, Maria C., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1 million affecting property at 1005 Half Moon Bay Drive, unit no. 1-6, Croton on Hudson 10520. Filed July 8.

LIS PENDENS The following ﬁlings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may aﬀect the title to the property listed. Carlos, Domingo, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,500 affecting property at 4 Ward Place, Ossining 10562. Filed July 9.

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McCauley, Thomas, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $299,250 affecting property at 3444 Shelly Court, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed July 7.

Harley, Jeanette, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,000 affecting property at 7 Forster Parkway, Mount Vernon 10552. Filed July 10.

JUDGMENTS

Carty, Silas T., et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $277,000 affecting property at 87 Horton Ave., New Rochelle 10801. Filed July 8.

Luzzi, David A., et al. Filed by New York Community Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $400,000 affecting property at 21-23 Eldredge St., Port Chester 10573. Filed July 9.

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Pugliese, Edward L., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $320,000 affecting property at 134 Bonnie Brae Court, Granita Springs 10527. Filed July 7. Quintieri, Antonio, et al. Filed by New York Community Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $496,000 affecting property at 38 Delano Ave., Yonkers 10704. Filed July 8. Ricciardi, Anthony, as administrator C.T.A. and beneﬁciary under the last will and testament of Pasquale J. Ricciardi, et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property at 963 Mile Square Road, Yonkers 10704. Filed July 9. Torres, Victor, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property at 49 Crescent Place, Yonkers 10704. Filed July 8. Travis, Althea M., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $833,700 affecting property at 40 Pine Brook Drive, Larchmont 10538. Filed July 8. Truelsen, Eulogio, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $376,749 affecting property at 110 Saratoga Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed July 8.

Zhina, Luis, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property at 25 Elizabeth St., Ossining 10562. Filed July 7.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Fleet Mill St LLC, as owner. $35,000 as claimed by Naber Electric Corp. Property: in Yonkers. Filed April 22. Frishman, Sheryl, et al, as owner. $3,500 as claimed by Noviello and Noviello Esquires, Carmel. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed April 21. Haugh, Marilyn, as owner. $171,920 as claimed by Metropolitan Fine Millwork Corp. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed April 23. Metropolitan Plaza WP LLC, as owner. $22,477 as claimed by El Wagner Company Inc., Darien, Conn. Property: in White Plains. Filed April 20. Pondﬁeld Court LLC, as owner. $79,268 as claimed by Ferrandino and Associates Inc. Property: in Eastchester. Filed April 21.

NEW BUSINESSES

Collazo Construction, 28 Orchard Place, 4fl , Yonkers 10703, c/o Christian Collazo. Filed March 21. Dave LaRossa Electrical Ingenuity, 25 Bank St., suite 221F, White Plains 10606, c/o David LaRossa. Filed March 20. Jamaica Kitchen no. 2, 197 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers 10701, c/o Novella Phillip. Filed March 21. Lawrence Consulting Services, 515 S. 11th Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Angela Denise Lawrence-Vogt. Filed March 24. Majestic FMI Enterprises, 54 Clarendon Road, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Sara Francesca Cheitel. Filed March 24. Margarita’s Cleaning Services, 65 Elliott Ave., 4-N, Yonkers 10705, c/o Margarita Jimenez. Filed March 20. MPI Publishing, 29 Main St., South Salem 10590, c/o Joanna Lee Doster. Filed March 21. Ortega’s Home Improvement, 286 N. Washington St., Sleepy Hollow 10591, c/o Jose Aurelio Yari Ortega. Filed March 21. Palisade Books, 145 Palisade St., Dobbs Ferry 10522, c/o Fred Dubin. Filed March 24. Panco Improvements, 12 Elizabeth St., Port Chester 10573, c/o Anthony J. Perillo. Filed March 21. Pen-Pal Ridah’s, P.O. Box no. 2012, Peekskill 10566, c/o Randolph Thompson. Filed March 24. Psychic Astrolo�y and Tarot Reading, 199 Main St., Ossining 10562, c/o Crystal Miller. Filed March 21.

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RC Process Service, 230 Sherman Ave., Peekskill 10566, c/o Robert W. Casasanta. Filed March 21.

Partnerships

Sacasari’s Landscaping, 1123 Howard St., Peekskill 10566, c/o Luis M. Sacasari. Filed March 21.

Explore Limousine Service, 25 Sylvan Place, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Luis Sanchez, Juan Rios, and Belisario F. Velasquez. Filed March 21.

Sole Proprietorships Asado, 204 Old Sleepy Hollow Road, Pleasantville 10570, c/o Jose L. Milian. Filed March 21.

Search Digital, 514 Almena Ave., Ardsley 10502, c/o Frank A. Sergi Jr. Filed March 20. Shashaes Playroom, 412 N. Broadway, Yonkers 10701, c/o Karen Ashe Wilkinson. Filed March 20.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Below $1 million Brandl, Robert K. Jr., et al, as owner. Lender: TEG Federal Credit Union. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $550,000. Filed April 23. Mid-Hudson Development Corp., as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $440,000. Filed April 21. Reichle, James J., et al, Montgomery, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $267,280. Filed April 28. Sea Mountain Ventures LLC, Charlotte, N.C., as owner. Lender: Branch Banking and Trust Co., Charlotte, N.C. Property: in Wawarsing and Rochester. Amount: $935,410. Filed April 22. Wilcox, Loren, et al, Kingston, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 25 Dewitt Mills Road, Hurley. Amount: $131,800. Filed April 22. Wright, Douglas, et al, as owner. Lender: Mahopac Bank. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $315,000. Filed April 21.

DEEDS Above $1 million Educational Institute Oholei Torah of Brooklyn Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Madison Square Boys and Girls Club Inc., New York. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed April 24. HBK Realty Corp., South Richmond Hill. Seller: Somers Enterprises LLC, Chester. Property: in Chester. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed April 22.

Below $1 million 10 Lemberg LLC, Monroe. Seller: Lemberg Gardens LLC, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $325,000. Filed April 24.

FACTS & FIGURES 144 Tercera Corp., Tarrytown. Seller: South First Street LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 144 Third St., Newburgh. Amount: $35,000. Filed April 21.

Associates Properties LLC, Westport, Conn. Seller: Dianne Braun Hanley, Katonah. Property: in Southeast. Amount: $307,056. Filed April 15.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Juliana LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 33 Maple St., Cornwall 12518. Amount: $187,546. Filed April 24.

500 Route 32 RH Holdings LLC, Harriman. Seller: 500 State Route 32 LLC, Central Valley. Property: 500 Route 32, Highland Mills. Amount: $300,000. Filed April 20.

Bravcor LLC, Brewster. Seller: John Mc Namara, et al, South Salem Property: in Southeast. Amount: $315,000. Filed April 13.

DTM Development Inc., Monroe. Seller: Bisani Building and Development Corp., Chester. Property: in Hamptonburgh. Amount: $30,000. Filed April 22.

64 Goshen Road LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Veronica A. Bailey, Salisbury Mills. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $120,000. Filed April 20. 75 Mine Dock LLC, Garrison. Seller: Andrea Durgin Pawliczek, Montgomery. Property: 75 Mine Dock Road, Fort Montgomery 10922. Amount: $110,440. Filed April 24. A and A Properties of OC LLC, Monroe. Seller: Daniel Eininger, et al, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $165,000. Filed April 22.

Brookﬁeld Relocation Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz. Seller: Daniel S. Wisk, et al, Monroe. Property: in Woodbury. Amount: $425,000. Filed April 27.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Deborah Estis, New Windsor. Property: 27 Forsythe Place, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $223,084. Filed April 27.

Bullville Road LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Patricia Morello, Montgomery. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $150,000. Filed April 20.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Todd A. Kelson, New Windsor. Property: 7 Horizon Road, Cornwall 12518. Amount: $432,868. Filed April 22.

Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Conn. Seller: Irving Smith III, et al, Fort Montgomery. Property: in Highland. Amount: $375,000. Filed April 22.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Kenneth B. McDonald, et al, Winter Garden, Fla. Property: 104 Youngblood Road, Montgomery 12549. Amount: $260,355. Filed April 23.

Central Mortgage Co. Seller: Carlos Ortiz. Property: 460 Stormville Mountain Road, Stormville 12582. Amount: $377,500. Filed April 21.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Richard B. Linsig Jr., et al, Milton. Property: in Marlborough. Amount: $172,111. Filed April 21.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Andrew Greher, New Windsor. Property: 36 Madalaine Terrace, Middletown 10940. Amount: $239,436. Filed April 22. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Estate of Jean Ayres Weimer, New Rochelle. Property: 4 Center Lane, Boiceville 12412. Amount: $147,944. Filed April 22. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Isabelle Marrero, Monroe. Property: 9 Lexington Hill, unit 5, Harriman 10926. Amount: $142,424. Filed April 24. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: John B. Swift III, Goshen. Property: 24 Highland Ave., Cornwall 12518. Amount: $232,430. Filed April 21. Gold River Capital Group Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Cronwell Equities Inc., Brooklyn. Property: 161 Bayview Terrace, Newburgh. Amount: $26,000. Filed April 20.

Gold River Capital Group Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 17 Clark St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $50,000. Filed April 21. HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Michael L. Fox, Walden. Property: 14 Harding Way, Monroe 10950. Amount: $416,059. Filed April 21. Ilbb Properties LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Victor Madera, et al, Montgomery. Property: 371 Angelo Drive. Montgomery 12549. Amount: $201,000. Filed April 22. J. Glebocki Farms LLC, Goshen. Seller: Marlene Pahucki, New Hampton. Property: 286 Maple Ave., Goshen 10924. Amount: $168,000. Filed April 23. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Seller: James A. Neckles. Property: 40 W. Old Farm Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Amount: $190,000. Filed April 21. Lacrosse Properties LLC, Kingston. Seller: Dawn M. Mahoney, Tillson. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $47,500. Filed April 21.

Lan Properties LLC, Montgomery. Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Philadelphia, Penn. Property: 169 Union St., Montgomery 12549. Amount: $65,000. Filed April 24. MOW Enterprise Inc., Milton. Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Penn. Property: 4 Chappaqua Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $60,000. Filed April 13. Maho Bay Realty LLC, White Plains. Seller: 2 Cats Holding LLC, Newburgh. Property: 1 Powelton Road, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $355,000. Filed April 23. Ministerio Nueva Vida Internacional Inc., Valley Stream. Seller: Eric Goldfine, Mahopac. Property: in Deerpark. Amount: $550,000. Filed April 23. National Residential Nominee Services Inc. Seller: Michael D’A gostino, et al, Washingtonville. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $415,000. Filed April 21.

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FACTS & FIGURES National Residential Nominee Services Inc. Seller: Sanjay Khunger, et al, Carmel. Property: 27 Reservoir Court, Carmel. Amount: $560,000. Filed April 17.

State of New York Mortgage Agency, New York. Seller: Michael Blustein, Goshen. Property: 19 Ridge St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $110,000. Filed April 22.

Break Brokers Inc., Kingston. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Seller: John Auteri, et al, Carmel. Property: 5 Pelham Drive, Carmel 10512. Amount: $410,728. Filed April 16.

Still River LLC, New York. Seller: John J. Busick, West Park. Property: in Esopus. Amount: $300,000. Filed April 20.

Brice Discount Beverage Inc., Kingston. $1,232 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Tompkins Corners Cultural Center Inc., Putnam Valley. Seller: The New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, White Plains. Property: in Putnam Valley. Amount: $160,000. Filed April 20.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Seller: Kathryn Cancel, et al, Middletown. Property: 190 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown 10940. Amount: $329,705. Filed April 22. NRZ REO IV Corp., Lewisville, Texas. Seller: Jay B. Hashmall, White Plains. Property: 14 Bucyrus Ave., Carmel 10512. Amount: $430,000. Filed April 9.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Michael H. Forrester, New Windsor. Property: 36 Wileman Ave., Walden 12586. Amount: $227,436. Filed April 20.

Oak Ridge Parkway Inc., Peekskill. Seller: Amber Way LLC, San Jose, Calif. Property: 1 Spruce St., Lake Peekskill 10537. Amount: $50,000. Filed April 14. Orange Door Renovations LLC, Carmel. Seller: Michael E. Loiodice, Cold Spring. Property: 431 E. Mountain Road, Cold Spring 10516. Amount: $225,000. Filed April 15. Passante Farms Apartments LLC, Highland. Seller: John Neil Passante, et al, Highland. Property: in Lloyd. Amount: $140,000. Filed April 21. Redus One LLC, Charlotte, N.C. Seller: Leslie A. Baum, Walden. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $375,000. Filed April 20. Robon Realty LLC, Gardiner. Seller: Douglas J. Hovey, Gardiner. Property: in Gardiner. Amount: $455,000. Filed April 24. Sayegh Realty LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Joyce Marie Pinckney, et al, Hurley. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $325,000. Filed April 23. Sea Mountain Ventures LLC, Charlotte, N.C. Seller: David Waruch, et al, Kerhonkson. Property: in Rochester. Amount: $30,000. Filed April 22. Sea Mountain Ventures LLC, Charlotte, N.C. Seller: Eric J. Gilles, et al, Kerhonkson. Property: in Wawarsing and Rochester. Amount: $180,000. Filed April 22. SSPAIK LLC, Rock Hill. Seller: HLM Inc., Newburgh. Property: 467-473 Broadway, Newburgh. Amount: $883,495. Filed April 24.

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U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Cirino M. Bruno. Property: 330 Fox Run Lane, Carmel 10512. Amount: $250,645. Filed April 16.

WCP Block 1 LLC, Wawayanda. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 947 Ridgebury Road, Wawayanda 10958. Amount: $211,000. Filed April 22. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: David Victor, et al, Pomona. Property: 315 Rakov Drive, Maybrook 12525. Amount: $64,500. Filed April 27. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Joseph A. Charbonneau, Brewster. Property: 23 Cooledge Drive, Brewster 10509. Amount: $451,456. Filed April 17. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Michael Davidoff, Monticello. Property: 21 Fernandez Ave., New Windsor 12553. Amount: $194,544. Filed April 27.

JUDGMENTS

CM2 Promotions Inc., Kingston. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Cristalbrook Electric Inc., Wallkill. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. CXV Inc., d.b.a. O’Willy’s Wine and Spirits and Discount Tobacco and Beverage, Wallkill. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. DK Systems LLC, Cottekill. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Dynamick Auto Sales Inc., New Windsor. $16,000 in favor of Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Dec. 19. E. Kraus Renovations Inc., Shokan. $455 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23. Eats and Drinks Inc., d.b.a. Grimaldi’s Coal Brick Oven Pizza, New Paltz. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

A and A Electric LLC, New Paltz. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Empire State Delivery LLC, Vails Gate. $146,600 in favor of Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Dec. 19.

Aztlan Lawnscape Inc., Highland. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Five Bears Meats LLC, Kingston. $1,312 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Behavioral Solutions NY Inc., Warwick. $63,000 in favor of Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Dec. 19.

Fog�y Cogs Computer Solutions, Highland. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Big Indian Market and Deli Corp., Big Indian. $1,385 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

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Gary’s Truck and Trailer Repair Inc., Modena. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Golden Industrial Park Inc., Napanoch. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Hudson Valley Construction, Saugerties. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

New York Pest Solutions Inc., Saugerties. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Hudson Valley Window Cleaning Inc., Highland. $112 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23. HVFSV Inc., d.b.a. Style Fabrics, Kingston. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. J Honey Nail Inc., Saugerties. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. J.C. Hendricksen Associates Inc., Kingston. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Jerosal Restaurant Inc., d.b.a. La Stazione, New Paltz. $1,497 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Joe Precour Inc., Highland. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Orange County Construction Services LLC, Wallkill. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Redleaf Landscaping Inc., Marlboro. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Reservoir Delicatessen and Dairy Inc., Shokan. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Richie’s Fencing Co., Ellenville. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Robinson Brothers Electrical Contractors Inc., Kingston. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Supreme Coleon Wear Corp., Ellenville. $1,141 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

John’s Logging, Sundown. $6,222 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

T and S Crossroads Deli Inc., Cottekill. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Larome Sanx Inc., Highland. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Tavern 214 LLC, Phoenicia. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

Little Lamb Enterprises, Gardiner. $14,759 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

The Caulderon, Montgomery. $2,000 in favor of Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Dec. 19.

Marcelle Transport Inc., Highland. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22.

The Kael Bergh Club Inc., d.b.a. Callabar Club, Kingston. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Theresa and Co., Kingston. $1,898 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Upstate Sandblast Inc., Saugerties. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Uptown Elegance Inc., Kingston. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. We Bryant’s Inc., Kingston. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Weiss Custom Builders Inc., Kingston. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Wiles Chiropractic PC, Marlboro. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Willin Specialized Services Inc., Oliverea. $1,032 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Woodstock Day School, Saugerties. $4,594 in favor of New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 22. Woodstock Outdoor Company Inc., d.b.a. Woodstock General Supply, Woodstock. $2,115 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

LIS PENDENS The following ﬁlings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may aﬀect the title to the property listed. Austin, Lori A., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $241,485 affecting property at 35 Long Year Ave., Tillson 12486. Filed April 23. Bodnar, Nicholas, as administrator of the estate of Kathleen Blundo, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $60,000 affecting property at 4 Bryant Road, Carmel 10512. Filed April 20. Booth, Andrea, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $151,620 affecting property at 1604 Cherry Hill Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed April 8.

FACTS & FIGURES Buckvar, Jerald, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $323,000 affecting property at 15 Nepera Road, Carmel 10512. Filed April 15.

DelPozzo, Louis V., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property at 1 Bedford Road, Carmel 10512. Filed April 22.

Franza, Scott M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $291,310 affecting property at 62 Roberts Road, Greenfield Park 12435. Filed April 20.

Buckvar, Jerald, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $221,250 affecting property at 581 Route 52, Carmel 10512. Filed April 17.

Dickinson, Christopher M., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property at 11 Mountainview Drive, Warwick 10990. Filed Oct. 1.

Goldstein, Daniel A., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $519,800 affecting property at 320 Shear Hill Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed April 21.

Busby, Christopher, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $252,350 affecting property at 1123 Briggs Highway, Ellenville 12428. Filed April 23.

Distefano, Joseph, et al. Filed by 21st Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,000 affecting property at 85 Baker Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed April 22.

Canniﬀ, Robert T., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $266,611 affecting property at 25 Garrison Road, Kent Lakes 10512. Filed April 21.

Divitto, Christine, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $169,000 affecting property at 49 George Saile Road, Saugerties 12477. Filed April 21.

Carlin, William J. Jr., commissioner of ﬁnance of Putnam county as administrator for the estate of Michael J. Lena, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,000 affecting property at 106 Circle Court, Carmel 10512. Filed April 20.

Doring, William L., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $236,000 affecting property at 105 Covington Green Lane, Patterson 12563. Filed April 17.

Carrillo, Lucrecia, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property at 10 Deforest Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed Oct. 1. Casella, Carl, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property at 311 Austin Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed April 14. Cozza, James A. Sr., et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $97,600 affecting property at 1224 and 1230 Flatbush Road, Kingston 12401. Filed April 23.

Doscas, Peter J., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $760,000 affecting property at 78 Craescot Way, Mahopac 10541. Filed April 22. Doughty, Kelly J., et al. Filed by Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $195,000 affecting property located at 294 Quaker St., Newburgh 12589. Filed Oct. 1. Duke, Andrea, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property at 415 Cornwall Meadows Lane, Patterson 12563. Filed April 17.

Cranston, Ryan H., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $130,319 affecting property at 2 Phyllis Drive, Ellenville 12428. Filed April 20.

Eric Leitstein, as heir at law and next of kin to Arlene Leitstein, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property at 44 Continental Road, Napanoch 12458. Filed April 23.

Cranston, Theresa, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $103,000 affecting property at 82 Glenerie Lane, Saugerties 12477. Filed April 24.

Evanko, Paul R., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $421,170 affecting property at 32 Washburn Road, Poughquag 12570. Filed April 8.

Delellis, Vincent J. Jr., et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property at 15 Old Road, Cuddebackville 12729. Filed Oct. 1.

Fiorentino, John E., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property at 23 Palisades Road, Patterson 12563. Filed April 17.

Greco, Maria P., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $419,000 affecting property at 40 Rodcris Drive, Mahopac 10541. Filed April 21. Grenci, Rita, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $234,597 affecting property at 2102 Hollystream Court, unit 7C4, Brewster 10509. Filed April 20. Hammond, Raymond, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $122,312 affecting property at 925 White Pond Colony Road W., Carmel 10512. Filed April 16. Herrmann, Peter H., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $190,350 affecting property at 55 Felicello Drive, Marlboro 12542. Filed April 20. Higgins, Thomas J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property at 161 Salmons Hollow Road, Brewster 10509. Filed April 21. Hill, George R., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $87,125 affecting property in Ulster. Filed April 23. Hodyno, Brant E., et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property at 425 Camp Road, Grahamsville 12740. Filed April 24. Irwin, Diane M., administratrix of the estate of Anthony J. Squiccimarro, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $126,000 affecting property at 35 Aqueduct Road, Philipstown 10524. Filed April 13. Jennings, Thomas, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $524,250 affecting property at 33 Lake Front Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed April 16.

Johansen, Cindy L., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property at 46 Burgher Road, West Shokan 12494. Filed April 22. Johnson, Christine, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $263,680 affecting property at 3 Lafko Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed April 8. Johnson, Michael, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,000 affecting property at 98 Geymer Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed April 21. Krasniqi, Ismet, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $283,200 affecting property at 54 Lakeside Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed April 16. Lamarca, Anthony P., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $147,020 affecting property at 18 Cedar Lane, Rochester 12446. Filed April 24. Lesh, Philip D., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Financial Credit Services New York Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $176,801 affecting property at 1024 Albany Post Road, Gardiner 12525. Filed April 24. Levine, Adam, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $520,000 affecting property at 99 Tammany Hall Road, Brewster 10509. Filed April 10. Longo, Laurie A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property at 59 Steuben Road, Garrison 10524. Filed April 17. Lynch, Sean T., as executor of the estate of Drue C. Lynch, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $170,000 affecting property at 25 Lane St., Phoenicia 12464. Filed April 22. McCabe, Maxwell St. Nicholas, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $93,191 affecting property at 246 Agnes St., Port Ewen 12466. Filed April 21. McLean, Bruce, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $123,750 affecting property at 200-202 Ten Broeck Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed April 21.

Medina, Andrew, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $106,000 affecting property at 63 Taylor Road, Patterson 12563. Filed April 22.

Redenti, Christopher T., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $268,803 affecting property at 289 Hurds Road, New Paltz 12561. Filed April 23.

Meehan, Donna M., et al. Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $259,065 affecting property at 254 Dahlia Drive, Mahopac 10541. Filed April 21.

Romain, Theresa S., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $258,500 affecting property at 28 Woodcrest Lane, Milton 12547. Filed April 20.

Mitchell, Adam, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $340,000 affecting property at 34 Front St., Carmel 10541. Filed April 22.

Rush, Roger, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $202,672 affecting property at 248 Sawmill Road, Lake Katrine 12449. Filed April 23.

Morelli, James, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $145,323 affecting property at 341 Jersey Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Oct. 1.

Saccomanno, Joseph, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $215,700 affecting property at 8 Reading Road, Patterson 12563. Filed April 10.

O’Connor, Pamela J., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property at 11 Arrowhead Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed April 8.

Santos, Paul R., et al. Filed by Keybank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $59,500 affecting property at 52 Reynolds Road, Poughquag 12570. Filed April 8.

Ocampos, Sixto J., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $207,920 affecting property at 216 Renwick Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed Oct. 1. Oliviero, Karla, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $429,000 affecting property at 22-24 Gage Road, Brewster 10509. Filed April 13.

Sims, Deva, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $284,000 affecting property at 3428 Route 208, Campbell Hall 10916. Filed Oct. 1. Smith, Gary, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $192,000 affecting property at 48 Post St., Saugerties 12477. Filed April 20.

Ortiz, Juan, et al. Filed by American Financial Resources Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $279,346 affecting property at 263 Ridge Road, Milton 12547. Filed April 23.

Stainback, Rita M., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $185,000 affecting property at 286 Harry Wells Road, Saugerties 12477. Filed April 20.

Parrish, Ross W., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $216,000 affecting property at 26 Kent Acres Court, Carmel 10512. Filed April 14.

Stinson, George, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $212,000 affecting property at 77 Buffalo Road, Saugerties 12477. Filed April 21.

Perez, Katherine, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,800 affecting property at 374 Augusta Drive, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed April 9.

The estate of Lois Derose, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $301,500 affecting property located at 235 Boehmier Road, Deerpark 12780. Filed Oct. 1.

Pinchbeck, Pamela A., et al. Filed by State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $124,887 affecting property at 9 Wixon Road, Kent 10512. Filed April 22.

Thrasher, Odell C., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $328,834 affecting property at 27 Lauretta Drive, Highland 12528. Filed April 23.

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FACTS & FIGURES Whitmore, John, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $119,000 affecting property at 44 Orchard Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed April 22.

Tomson, George H., et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $463,125 affecting property at 88 Mountain Road, Rosendale 12472. Filed April 21. Tyburski, Joanne, et al. Filed by Sperry Associates Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $71,250 affecting property in Saugerties. Filed April 21. Valentine, Kendall J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $96,000 affecting property at 8 Pine Hollow Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed April 22. Velez-Thompson, Miriam S., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $285,600 affecting property at 6 Canopus Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed April 22.

Zuniga, Sylvia, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $251,250 affecting property at 5 Mulberry St., New Paltz 12561. Filed April 24.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Abjo Realty Corp., as owner. $4,868 as claimed by Lee Zoldan Inc., Middletown. Property: 17-39 Midland Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed April 22. Covington Route 300 LLC, as owner. $2,000 as claimed by Old Hickory Enterprise LLC, New Paltz. Property: 1655 Route 300, Newburgh. Filed April 27.

Covington Route 300 LLC, as owner. $24,500 as claimed by Old Hickory Enterprise LLC, New Paltz. Property: in New Windsor. Filed April 27.

Perrone, Kimberly M., as owner. $4,972 as claimed by Richard L. Cowan Jr., Saugerties. Property: 24 Myncderse St., Saugerties. Filed April 23.

Covington Route 300 LLC, as owner. $380,000 as claimed by Old Hickory Enterprise LLC, New Paltz. Property: in New Windsor. Filed April 27.

Sun Oil Co., as owner. $18,795 as claimed by Star Improvements Inc., Albany. Property: 5004 Route 9W, Newburgh. Filed April 24.

GTM Realty Two LLC, as owner. $11,440 as claimed by Gary Segal Architect LLC. Property: 1 Eagle Drive, Wappingers Falls. Filed April 23. KBL Corp., as owner. $9,250 as claimed by M.S. Iron Works Inc., Rock Tavern. Property: 1145 Route 9, Wappingers. Filed April 27. Mosbacher, Heather, et al, as owner. $3,460 as claimed by R.C. Harris Plumbing Heating and A.C., Pleasant Valley. Property: 34 Old Post Road, Rhinebeck. Filed April 22.

Weinberg, Jayne E., as owner. $3,000 as claimed by Old Hickory Enterprise LLC, New Paltz. Property: 56 Far Horizons Drive, Newburgh. Filed April 27.

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

Doing Business As BMT Worldwide Inc., d.b.a. Premier Source Clothing, 8 Down St., Kingston 12401. Filed April 20.

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All-American Paintworks, 93 Jordan Lane, Middletown 10940, c/o Thomas Martin Tucker. Filed July 7.

LoRe Productions, 114 Hickory Hollow Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o Michael A. LoRe. Filed April 23. Maryann Shand, Bliss Salon, 3185 Route 9W, Saugerties 12447, c/o Maryann Shand. Filed April 20. Mody Dic 1956, 1602 Route 44/55, Clintondale 12515, c/o Keith Avery Lucas. Filed April 21.

Angel’s Hair and Beauty Empire, 110 Stephan St., Kingston 12401, c/o Shawna Mathis. Filed April 23.

On-The-Line Tile, 1282 Churchland Lane, Saugerties 12477, c/o Jeanne L. Cardoza. Filed April 23.

Audrey’s Farmhouse, 2188 Bruynswick Road, Wallkill 12589, c/o Douglas Harris Posey III. Filed April 23.

Pat’s Tats and Kellys Skin, Hair and Nailz, 464 Route 32, Wallkill 12589, c/o Kelly Lynn Blauth. Filed July 7.

Calenti Contracting, 180 Every Ave., Gardiner 12525, c/o Guy D. Calenti. Filed April 24.

Phillip J. Foss, 16 Water St., Napanoch 12458, c/o Phillip J. Foss. Filed April 23.

CAS Plowing and Lawn Services, 172 Route 208, New Paltz 12561, c/o Chandler Austin Stoddard. Filed April 23.

Rosendale Honey, 15 Pupwood Lane, Kingston 12401, c/o Jessica M. Emerson. Filed April 24.

D.C.P. One Inc., d.b.a. Kovo, 47 N. Front St., Kingston 12401. Filed April 20. Fitzgerald Studio and Camera Center Inc., d.b.a. Fastsigns 321301, 520 Albany Ave., suite 1, Kingston 12401. Filed April 20.

Double Z’s Masonry and More, P.O. Box 347, Lake Katrine 12449, c/o Christopher M. Hanley. Filed April 20.

Meatball Grill Inc., d.b.a. Bella Luna, 124 Partition St., Saugerties 12477. Filed April 20.

FarmScapers, 325 Old Kingston Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Peter Francis Vellos. Filed April 20.

Noble Boy Inc., d.b.a. Underground Coﬀee and Ales, 75 Vineyard Ave., Highland 12528. Filed April 20.

Final Finish, 72 Meads Mount Road, unit 7, Woodstock 12498, c/o Wesley Jamell Nichols. Filed April 20.

Partnerships

Gabriel’s, 1399 Route 44/55, apt. 5, Clintondale 12515, c/o Michael H. Polhemus. Filed April 22.

Barone Construction Group, 37 Tillson Ave., Highland 12528, c/o Lisa Barone, Joseph Barone, and Anthony Barone. Filed April 22.

Hayne’s Auto Repair, 29 E. Main St., Port Jervis 12771, c/o Kevin Haynes. Filed July 7.

Superior Remodeling Services, 213 First St., Wallkill 12589, c/o John P. Quiles and Kenneth A. Conley. Filed April 22.

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ADASH Upcycled Furniture and Home Décor, 277 Pancake Hollow Road, Highland 12528, c/o Ashley R. Minard. Filed April 22.

Catherine D. Hawkins, 3182 Route 9W, suite no. 1, Saugerties 12477, c/o Catherine D. Hawkins. Filed April 22.

Partners in Grime, 220 Pancake Hollow Road, Highland 12528, c/o Kelly H. Stevens III and Star M. Stevens. Filed April 22.

Sole Proprietorships

J. Mike Harrison, 21 Linwood Place, Kingston 12401, c/o Michael J. Harrison. Filed April 24. King’s Nectars, 15 Terri Drive, Saugerties 12477, c/o Frederick W. Miller IV. Filed April 24. Latin American Cuisine, 5 Center St., Marlboro 12542, c/o Jennifer Marie Gillespie. Filed April 20.

Ship Your Freight Any State, 201 Kallop Road, Kingston 12401, c/o Michael D. Simon. Filed April 21. Stung, 15 Pupwood Lane, Kingston 12401, c/o Jessica M. Emerson. Filed April 24. Sustainable Ener�y Economics, 101 W. Chester St., Kingston 12401, c/o Evelyn Lea Wright. Filed April 23. Tim Brown Studios, 435 Krumville Road, Olivebridge 12461, c/o Timothy Paul Brown. Filed April 21. Tweefontein Herb Farm, 4 Jenkins Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Christopher T. Boelsen. Filed April 20. Unicorn Solutions, 20 Augusta St., Kingston 12401, c/o Jason A. French. Filed April 24. Vincent P. Fiscaletti, 62 Stahlman Place, Kingston 12401, c/o Vincent P. Fiscaletti. Filed April 21.

LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of Private Care Registered Professional Nursing, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/18/15. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the PLLC, c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose #59893 Notice of Formation of Gosling Media, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/3/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 12 Gene Place, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59895 Notice of formation of CONEXIS MEDIA, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/17/14. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 9 Beck Ave Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: Any lawful Purpose #59896 AKKRO LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/5/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Poko Management, 225 Westchester Ave., Pt. Chester, NY 10573. General Purposes. #59897 CHT 888 LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/12/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Greene Leins & Ryan, 100 Executive Blvd., Ste. 206, Ossining, NY 10562-2564. General Purposes. #59904 Notice of Formation of A & G REALTY CONSULTANTS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/12/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 12 Water St. #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59905 Notice of Formation of 72 FAIRWAY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/17/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC,1111 Boston Post Rd, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59906 Notice of Formation of Spark Capital L.L.C. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/03/2015. Offc Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 14 Hudson View Way, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59907

Notice of Formation of 138 Fox Meadow LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/9/2015. NY Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 875 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 400, Mamaroneck, New York 10543. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #59908 Notice of formation of SALTEEN MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/30/15. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 42 Westminster Ct New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59909 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: NYC Maintenance Services, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/26/13. 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, 220 Pelham Road, Suite 6C, New Rochelle, NY 10805, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59910 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MALABAR REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/22/2013. Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against theLLC served upon him is: LAGEN CHEMMALAKUZHIYIL JOSE The principal business address of the LLC is: 96 Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor,NY-10567. Purpose: any lawful act or activity #59911 D & S HOMES DEVELOPMENT LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/17/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, c/o John DíAgostino, Member, 52 Wilgarth Rd., Bronxville, NY 10708. General purpose. #59912 Notice of Formation of Marc M. Coupey Law, PLLC Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/5/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the PLLC at 441 Saw Mill River Rd., Millwood, NY 10546. Purpose: practice of law. #59913

Notice of Formation of Nexcelerate, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/15/2015. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59914 Notice of Formation of Kache Beauty, LLC. Art of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/21/2015. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. As agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59915 Notice of Formation of Double Black Ventures, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom may be served. SSNYshall mail process to the LLC, 217 N. Highland Ave Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59916 Westchester Gardens Assisted Living Program, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/1/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, c/o Joshua Peckman, 2208 Rosemont St., N. Bellmore, NY 11710. General purpose. #59917 10 FLORENCE AVE, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/26/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Marc Castaldi, 32 High St., Rye, NY 10580. General purpose. #59918 Notice of Formation of Capital Cookhouse, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 3/18/14. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 7014 13th Ave, suite 202 Brooklyn,NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59920 by STORM LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/21/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 57 Tisdale Rd., Scarsdale, NY 10583. General purpose. #59921 DIAMOND SOLAR VI, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/12/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 333 N. Bedford Rd., Ste. 145, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. General purpose. #59922

Gilstar Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 02/21/2013. Office 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: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #59923 Notice of formation of SAHD, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/10/15. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 2 Winged Foot Dr Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59924 Notice of Formation of 175177 EAST 64TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 12 Water Street #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59925 Notice of Formation of 175-177 EAST 64TH STREET HOLDING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 12 Water Street #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59926 Notice of Formation of BLUESTONE 175-177 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 12 Water Street #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59927 Notice of Formation of 184 EAST 64TH STREET HOLDING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 12 Water Street #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59928 Notice of Formation of 184 EAST 64TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 12 Water Street #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59929 Notice of Formation of CASIMIR OPERATIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/1/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 10 St. Casimir Ave., Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59930

Notice of formation of PLLC: RN Private Nursing Care, PLLC filed with SSNY on 3/2/15 Offc. Loc: Westchester County SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o United States Corp Agents Inc. 7014 13th Ave Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228, Purpose: any lawful purpose, nursing. #59931 Notice of formation of DesignLab29 LLC Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/17/2015. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 333 Mamaroneck Avenue, Unit 214, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59932 #realness by AlyMarie, LLC Art. of Org filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/13/2015. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been desig as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 68 Loring Ave., Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59933 STEVE TIRSCH DISTRIBUTORS LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/25/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 153 Madison Rd., Scarsdale, NY 10583. General purpose. #59934 LEAD THE LEASH LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/13/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jamie Ianello, 1510 Henry Ave., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General purpose. #59935 1201 Pleasantville Road Restaurant Holding Group, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/25/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 15 Limestone Rd., Armonk, NY 10504. General purpose. #59936 PBI VENTURES LLC, a domestic LLC, by way of conversion from a general partnership f/k/a PB Investments filed with the SSNY on 1/28/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Cary Potkin, 13 Rolling Hills Ln., Harrison, NY 10528. General Purposes. #59937 Alexander Technique Bronxville, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/23/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 25 Deshon Ave., Bronxville, NY 10708. General purpose. #59938

Notice of Formation CCNA Realty LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 4/14/15. Off. Loc.: Westchester Cnty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o the LLC, 165 Wyndcliff Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: all lawful activities #59939

Notice is hereby given that an on premises liquor license, #TBA has been applied for by Steve & Teddy Diner Corp. d/b/a New Rochelle Diner to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 850 Main Street New Rochelle, NY 10801. #59946

Notice of Formation of Direct Care Carrier, LLC (ìLLCî) Art. Of Org filled with NY Secretary of State (ìSSNYî) on July 6, 2013 pursuant to Limited Liability Company law. Office Location: Westchester Country. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC shall be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Sasha Guillaume, 134 Poningo St., Port Chester, NY 10573. Purpose: Any Lawful Activity. #59940

Notice is hereby given that an on premises liquor license, #TBA has been applied for by Chickens Gone Wild Bar & Grill LLC to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 468A Ashford Avenue Ardsley, NY 10502. #59947

Notice of Formation of Artisanal Caves LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/20/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 42 Forest Lane, Bronxville,NY 10708. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #59941 The Westchester Center For Jazz and Contemporary Music LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/21/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 12 The Farms Rd., Bedford, NY 10506. General purpose. #59942 Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC): ARTISTIC LIBATIONS LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY): 09/24/2014. The LLC is located in Westchester County. The 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, 837-D Midland Ave, Yonkers, New York, 10704, the principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59943 Nelson Forensics, LLC, Filed with NY Secy. of State on 04/16/2015. Office 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: 411 Theodore Fremd Ave., Suite 206 South, Rye, New York 10580 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #59944 Notice of Formation of BLUESTONE 184 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 12 Water St #204, White Plains, NY, 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59945

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Notice of Formation of FINATIS MERCHANT SOLUTIONS, LLC .Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/27/15. Office Located Westchester CO. UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC shall mail process to the LLC, 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11228 Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59948 Notice of Formation of Matthews International Enterprises, LLC. filed with SSNY on 4/27/2015. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 12 Greyrock Rd N. Port Chester, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59949 Sweet Nothings Foods, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/20/15 beginning 4/1/15 and perpetually existing. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Roni L. Jacobson, Esq., 5 Old House Lane, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: any lawful activity. Dana Jacobson, Organizer (signature), 1 City Place, #1909, White Plains, NY 10601, the business address Ad # 59901

FAMILY WELLNESS PHYSICAL THERAPY LLC, a Prof. LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/06/2015. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 25 Vernon Drive, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Physical Therapy. Ad # 59902

Notice of Formation of JOEBMW MOTORSPORT, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/3/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 20 Skywood Court, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Ad # 59903

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FACES & PLACES A NIGHT OF ‘FAME’ MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE GATHERED April 21 at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle for The Business Council of Westchester’s Hall of Fame Awards. The Broadway-themed celebration was made complete with a “Playbill”-styled red carpet, a Liza Minnelli look-alike and performances by singers from the Westchester Broadway Theatre. The evening’s “main act” was the Council’s inductions that included a world-renowned technology developer, a leading holiday decorator, one of the nation’s oldest medical colleges, an affordable-housing developer, a fullservice insurance company and a family-owned funeral home that has operated for three generations. During this 14th annual program, new elements included the introduction of the Chairman’s Recognition Award along with the announcement of the winner of the Ron Volper Family Scholarship Fund for Business Excellence. This latter award went to Brian Patrick Fontana, who is pursuing an MBA at Pace University. To date, more than 70 businesses have been inducted into the BCW Hall of Fame. Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino congratulated the winners for joining the roster of inductees and for their achievements, while also thanking them for their contributions to Westchester’s economy and its communities. The master of ceremonies was News12 anchor Scott McGee, while event co-chairs were Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson of Thompson & Bender and Thomas Lalla of Pace Law School. The winners in their respective categories included: Corporate Citizenship: New York Medical College in Valhalla, accepted by Dr. Robert Amler, vice president for government affairs and professor of public health. Entrepreneurial Success: Mindspark in Yonkers, accepted by Eric Esterlis, co-president. Small Business Success: York International Agency, LLC in Harrison, accepted by Robert Kestenbaum, CEO. Women in Business Success: Rella Fogliano, president of MacQuesten Development Cos. in Pelham, who accepted her award. Family Owned Business: American Christmas in Mount Vernon, accepted by CEO Fred Schwam. Chairman’s Recognition Award: Beecher Flooks Funeral Home in Pleasantville, accepted by William Flooks Jr., funeral director.

1. Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino. 2. Westchester County Parks Commissioner Kathleen O’Connor, Tom Kallish, founder of Tommie Copper and Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett. 3. Liza Minnelli look-alike with Marsha Gordon, president and CEO, Business Council of Westchester. 4. Master of ceremonies Scott McGee, anchor for News12 Westchester. 5. Doug Singer of Falcon & Singer, Business Council of Westchester Board Chairman Anthony Justic and Dr. Robert Amler, vice president for government affairs and professor of public health at New York Medical College. 6. Samantha and Fred Schwam of American Christmas. 7. Event co-chairs Thomas Lalla of Pace Law School and Elizabeth BrackenThompson of Thompson & Bender. 8. Hall of Fame winners James Krantz, chairman of York International Agency; Robert Kestenbaum, CEO of York International Agency; Dr. Robert Amler, vice president for government affairs and professor of public health at New York Medical College; Rella Fogliano, president of MacQuesten Development Companies; Anthony Justic, BCW Board Chairman; Marsha Gordon, BCW president and CEO; Fred Schwam, CEO of American Christmas; William Flooks Jr., funeral director at Beecher Flooks Funeral Home; and Eric Esterlis, co-president of Mindspark. 9. Jerry McKinstry of Thompson & Bender, Westchester County Executive Astorino’s Chief of Staff George Oros and Joseph Apicella, managing director of development at MacQuesten Development Cos. 10. News12 Anchor Tara Rosenblum and Rella Fogliano, president of MacQuesten Development Cos.

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