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White Plains developer David Mann. Photo by John Golden

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Developer walks into business in White Plains

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com LESS THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER starting his residential development company, David Mann is taking on projects in threes this year in White Plains. And in Westchester County, he’s only just begun.

On a recent weekday afternoon, the 36-yearold apartment-building developer could be found at 10 DeKalb Ave., moving between unfurnished

glass-walled rooms off the lobby and quick talks with a project manager, a rental agent for Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty, contractors putting the final touches on a building project that broke ground in early 2013, and the developer’s design team at Papp Architects in White Plains.

Mann, who founded Lighthouse Enterprises LLC in early 2011, had other construction sites to check on within a few blocks of La Gianna, the five-story, 56-unit, $19 million luxury developDeveloper, page 1

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he third-quarter median sale price for single-family homes rose along with the inventory of homes on the market in Westchester County, though the volume of closed sales in the recently ended quarter was down nearly 3 percent from a year ago, according to the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors.

In the four-county region serviced by the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service, 4,545 housing units — including single-family, condominiums, cooperatives and two-to-four-family houses — were sold in the third quarter, down 1.9 percent from the third quarter of 2013. Total housing sales in Westchester dropped 2.7 percent for the quarter, and sales of singlefamily homes were down 2.8 percent in the county.

Market analyst and former Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors CEO P. Gilbert Mercurio in HGAR’s quarterly report said the sales pace from July through September “was just a shade slower than it was in 2013 when there was a very strong post-recession recovery underway.” The regional residential market — including Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange counties — is on pace to end 2014 with total sales of about 13,300, the second best year for sales since 2008, according to the report. Total sales in the region through the first nine months of this year amounted to 10,180 units, a 3.5 percent decrease from 2013.

In Westchester, 1,935 single-family houses were sold in the third quarter this year, 56 fewer homes changing owners than in the third quarter last year. But the county’s quarterly median sale price of $682,500 for a single-family house was Home Prices, page 6

A revival in the wings for Harrison theater

BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

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he last movie that ran at the Harrison playhouse was “Bridget Jones’s Diary.” The name of the movie, spelled out in block letters, remained on the black marquee for years after the theater closed in 2001.

“Bridget Jones’s Diary” was still listed there in 2006 when Verco Properties LLC bought the building, which included the playhouse and space for four retail stores.

By then the theater had been mostly gutted, its 500 seats on the floor and balcony removed by the previous owner. For many residents, the theater served as a symbol of the town’s downtown development — frozen in time while its neighbors Rye and Mamaroneck moved forward.

Verco is now proposing an adaptive reuse of the old theater that would build 42 luxury rental units above the retail space on the ground level. John Verni, co-managing partner of Verco, said Harrison’s downtown will soon be an attractive option for millennials looking to live in walkable communities with access to a New York City commuter rail line.

“The time is right for downtown Harrison,” he said. “We think it’s perfectly positioned to be the next big place.”

The theater is in the center of the downtown on 221 Harrison Ave., near the Halstead Avenue intersection and around the corner from the Metro-North station. Last month, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the town and developer AvalonBay Communities Inc. entered into a joint development agreement that will transform the train station parking lot on Halstead Avenue into a new town center, complete with 143 residential units and 27,000 square-feet of retail space.

That project has been in discussion for more than a decade and languished like many other development plans during the economic downturn. Mayor Ron Belmont, a Republican, touted the train

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station project as a spark that will lead to revitalizing the downtown, which has seen empty storefronts and a lack of foot traffic compared to some of the destination downtowns of its neighboring communities.

“I look forward to seeing Harrison become an even better place to live,” Belmont said.

Verni and his brother Chris Verni said they saw the potential of the train station property before they purchased it. Their parents, Vito and Mary, live in the town, Chris Verni said.

“As Westchester residents, John and I love doing projects that renew old assets in our downtowns,” he said. Verco recently redeveloped the old Mamaroneck train station into Club Car restaurant (the old ticket booths now house beer taps). They also developed office space on the second floor of that building, and Verco moved its offices from Woodlawn into that space upon completion of the project.

The Harrison playhouse project, which will be designed by Dobbs Ferry architect Stephen Tilly, will include tear-down work as opposed to the retrofitted spaces in Mamaroneck. The movie theater first opened in 1927 and was renovated in the 1970s, but it never contained the ornate design work or classic cinema architecture of some of its contemporaries. In the 1980s, a theatergoer nearly fell through the bathroom floor, resulting in the theater being temporarily shut down by the town building inspector.

The redevelopment, if approved, will include a screening room and a new façade that evokes the theater’s history. It will include terraces, a fitness center and on-site parking and resident access from Purdy Street, on a property Verco bought in 2009 that abuts the theater property.

The Vernis presented their concept to the town Planning Board last month and will need a special exception permit for residential uses above first-floor, nonresidential uses. Although the adaptive reuse was recommended in the town’s 2013 master

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John Verni, left, and his brother Chris, owners of the former Harrison playhouse. Photo by Mark Lungariello

plan, the theater and several other development projects come with density and traffic concerns. Harrison and Halstead avenues are narrow roadways with only one lane of traffic in each direction, and the main intersection near the station is often congested during the day, town Councilman Joseph Cannella, a Republican, said.

“Harrison isn’t White Plains — we don’t have a Broadway, we don’t have a Main Street, we don’t have the four-lane roads,” he said. The town, based on its infrastructure, will have to take a more conservative approach to building out, even more conservative than other towns or small villages

in Westchester, he said.

The central business district includes businesses without their own designated parking, and retail and commercial buildings on the main drag back up to residential homes in the corridor. Parking and density concerns need to be looked at closely, Cannella said. Several other development projects in the downtown are in varying degrees of gestation, including a redevelopment of the former Emilio restaurant near the movie theater and a residential proposal for the former Port Chester Lumberyard site on Halstead, just outside of the main business district.

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Environmental groups: Crude oil train laws don’t go far enough

BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

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tricter federal laws regulating the shipping of crude oil by rail don’t go far enough to ensure the prevention of an oil spill or explosion, area environmental groups say.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is considering new regulations for trains carrying crude oil out of South Dakota’s Bakken Shale, but Ned Sullivan, of the land trust organization Scenic Hudson, said those regulations come with too many loopholes.

“A crude oil spill into the Hudson River would be catastrophic to the public health and natural resources of our region,” Sullivan said in a statement. “The federal government has the responsibility to create a system of regulations, inspections and emergency response procedures to protect our communities and the Hudson River.”

The country is in the midst of a surge in the crude oil industry – with the amount moving through the United States rising from 9,500 carloads in 2008 to 415,000 carloads in 2013, according to the DOT. The Hudson Valley sees between 15 and 40 trains carrying crude travel through the area each week, reports say. On average, a shipment travels 1,000 miles from mine to refinery.

Bakken crude, which is considered more volatile than other forms of crude, has been the focus of policymakers because it is the oil that has been involved in several recent high-profile derailments.

But Sullivan said the DOT’s proposed regulations have loopholes that allow for Canadian tar sands crude to continue to be transported in old DOT-111 tankers, the commonly used tank cars. There is also a loophole for Bakken crude trains with fewer than 20 cars, he said.

Paul Gallay, the president of the environmental group Riverkeeper, said the proposed changes “defer to the rail and oil industry at every turn.”

“Put simply, these rules won’t stop the next bomb train disaster,” he said.

Riverkeeper resources say that 1.15 million gallons of crude were spilled due to rail accidents in the U.S. last year – more than the amount spilled during the previous four decades combined.

Several groups have called for the banning of DOT-111s entirely, but the new regulations would allow them to continue

last month that in its latest round of inspections it looked at 766 crude oil tank cars and 167 miles of track. The largest defect it identified was a split rail on the CSX Corp.owned mainline from Buffalo to Syracuse.

Since the start of the inspections, Cuomo’s office said, 6,300 rail cars were looked at, including 4,292 DOT-111s. In those inspections and in looking at 2,200 miles of track, 658 defects were found and nine hazardous material violations were issued.

Many of the defects were categorized as “noncritical” and involved worn brake shoes, loose bolts and track obstructions.

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to operate – albeit to slowly phase them out for Bakken crude transportation. The rules would also create new standards for braking controls and limit many trains’ speeds to less than 40 mph – although a recent Virginia incident in April saw a train traveling 25 mph jump the tracks.

New York state government worked with federal inspectors and began “blitz” inspections of crude oil rails and tankers in February after several high-profile accidents domestically and in other countries.

A 2013 tanker explosion in Canada killed 47 people.

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“While tank cars are an important part of the comprehensive approach to safety, there are limits to what tank car design can achieve,” he told reporters on a conference call. “Getting to zero incidents will take an equal effort to prevent accidents and improve accident response.”

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INBRIEF PACE BREAKS GROUND ON ATHLETICS COMPLEX

A rendering of Pace University’s new field house in Pleasantville.

Pace University broke ground Oct. 9 on its new $13.5 million athletic complex, a part of the $100 million revitalization project for its Pleasantville campus.

The facility includes a field house, a softball field, a multipurpose turf field and major renovations to Peter X. Finnerty Field.

“This investment by our university documents not only the support for our 400 or so student-athletes but dedication to the entire Pleasantville campus community,” said Mark Brown, the university’s director of athletics, in a press release. “This proj-

ect will revolutionize how we operate as a department by providing excellent facilities for our student-athletes and the student body as a whole.”

Expected to be completed in the fall of 2015, the 14,000-square-foot field house will include strength and athletic training facilities, locker rooms for the women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse teams, a football locker room, offices, equipment storage and a VIP room.

Peter X. Finnerty Field will feature an artificial turf surface, new dugouts and lights. In addition to serving as the new home of the Pace baseball team, the field also will be the home of the newly established women’s field hockey program, with the first varsity season approaching in the fall of 2015.

The multipurpose field will feature an artificial turf surface, lights, seating for 1,000 fans and an enclosed press box. The field will be the home for the football, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse and women’s soccer programs. The multipurpose field and the renovations to Peter X. Finnerty Field are all expected to be completed by the end of this year.

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Last October, Pace University broke ground on the first phase of its project to transform the 200-acre Pleasantville campus. In addition to the new athletic facilities, construction is underway on two new residential buildings, an expanded student center and a new environmental center.

The project will enable Pace to consolidate functions that are now split between campuses in Pleasantville and Briarcliff.

The 35-acre Briarcliff campus, which Pace opened in 1977, is for sale.

CONTRAFECT TEAMS WITH CHINA ON FLU DRUG ContraFect Corp. in Yonkers will collaborate with China’s National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention to advance research and development of CF-404, the biotechnology company’s universal influenza treatment.

The collaborative research agreement was announced Oct. 9 by ContraFect CEO Julia P. Gregory. Gregory was joined later that day by Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano in welcoming a touring delegation of 17 Chinese government officials, corporate

executives and investors, led by Guohua Zhang, mayor of the city of Nantong, to ContraFect headquarters at 28 Wells Ave. in the iPark Hudson commercial complex.

“Working with the IVDC in China provides ContraFect access to some of the world’s top experts in the field of influenza,” Gregory said in a press release. “As new strains of influenza often arise in China, working with the Chinese agency allows us to test our universal influenza therapy, CF-404, on the relevant strains of influenza by their expert team.”

Yuelong Shu, the institute’s deputy director, in the announcement said the Chinese health agency “looks forward to working with ContraFect’s new medicine to treat this global threat.”

Scientists at ContraFect said CF-404 is a therapeutic cocktail composed of three fully human monoclonal antibodies that protects animals from all strains of influenza that affect humans, including potential pandemic strains. The highly potent antibodies are effective at low doses. The goal of the CF-404 program is to create a universal influenza therapy.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has estimated that up to 49,000 deaths per year are influenza-related in the U.S.

YONKERS LAUNCHES ADS TO LURE MILLENNIALS Commercials promoting the city of Yonkers are now airing during “Monday Night Football,” “The O’Reilly Factor” and the Major League Baseball playoffs.

According to the city, it will air 1,000 commercial spots regionally over 10 weeks as part of its Generation Yonkers marketing campaign developed by Thompson & Bender, a Briarcliff Manor public relations and marketing agency. The campaign launched in April in an effort to lure millennials in search of what promoters called “The metropolitan area’s next great place to live, work and play.”

“Day in and day out, we see all of the buzz, excitement and activity here,” Mayor Mike Spano, a Democrat, said in a statement. “We’ve got it all in Yonkers — great restaurants, great businesses, great schools and great people. We welcome others to see for themselves and to be part of our city.”

An announcement from Thompson & Bender about the television and radio advertising push said the spots would include testimonials from executives of Yonkers businesses, including the tech startup MindSpark and ContraFect Corp., a biotech company.

MindSpark relocated its office last year from White Plains to a 40,000-squarefoot space at the former Otis Elevator factory complex on the Yonkers waterfront.

ContraFect moved from Manhattan in 2012 into a 15,000-square-foot laboratory space in iPark Hudson.

The commercials will air on networks such as ESPN, TBS, FIOS1 and News 12 and will include an exclusive sponsorship of a WCBS Radio report, “The Generation Yonkers Opening Bell” report.

In one of the ads, Tony Schwartz, CEO and president of the consulting firm The Energy Project, says Yonkers was attractive because it was close to his home in Riverdale and more affordable than options in New York City. “And then I loved the idea of being in a truly urban setting that was on its way up to be part of something new.”

The millennial generation includes people born from the 1980s to the end of the 20th century. Development has focused on catering to that demographic’s living preferences, with rentals or condominium options in walkable communities with access to public transportation.

GREENBURGH EVALUATES MASSAGE PARLOR RULES Greenburgh officials want to pass a law regulating massage parlors and put a hold on any new ones opening in town.

The proposal comes one year after town police arrested 18 people and shut down

seven parlors as part of an undercover operation that showed they were operating without proper licenses. Restrictions on the parlors would also prevent parlors from operating as brothels or havens of other illegal activity.

Police Chief Chris McNerney told the Town Board at its Oct. 7 work session that a new law requiring parlors to apply for permits would give police more leverage.

“We’ve had our challenges enforcing the law and having them comply,” he said.

He said the town was nearly “overrun” by its number of massage parlors — with six in operation and two more with applications pending.

The moratorium is scheduled to be discussed at the board’s meeting Nov. 4 and it would remain in effect until the new law could be drafted. Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, a Democrat, said the new law would require massage therapists to pay for a permit from the town. To apply, therapists would need to have a diploma and a valid state massage therapy license.

Feiner said in an email the application would identify if a potential therapist was of good character and reputation in the community, which could be determined by “a previous arrest record, association with persons known to lack good moral character, open and notorious criminal sexual activity, or other acts of moral turpitude or conduct contrary to good morals.”

Business owners or employees who violate the new law could receive fines of up to $15,000, Feiner said.

HOSPITAL RENOVATES INFUSION CENTER White Plains Hospital recently unveiled a fully renovated, 10,000-square-foot infusion center for patients receiving chemotherapy and other infusion treatments at its Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center.

Hospital officials said the third-floor center includes new finishes and furnishings, nine private infusion bays with individual television and temperature control, Wi-Fi access and additional chemotherapy chairs in a communal space. The renovations project was needed to create more space to serve growing numbers of patients in the hospital’s cancer program, they said.

The 292-bed community hospital also is renovating other areas of the Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center while constructing a 40,000-square-foot building for physician office space and patient consultations that will connect to Dickstein. The building is expected to open in 2015.

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Home Prices — From page 1

4.7 percent higher than a year ago and the highest third-quarter level since 2011.

The average third-quarter sale price of $914,059 for a single-family house in Westchester was a 6 percent increase from 2013.

In the next-highest-priced county in the region, Rockland, the third-quarter median sale price of a single-family house was $415,000, up 2 percent from last year.

The average sale price for a single-family home in Rockland was $439,666, down 4.1 percent from the third quarter in 2013. In Putnam County, third-quarter sales volume rose 3.1 percent from a year ago, the only quarterly increase in house closings in the region. Putnam’s median sale price of $320,000 for the quarter was down 3.8 percent from 2013. The average price of a single-family house in Putnam County was $251,723, a 4 percent drop from 2013.

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ment that his four-employee company and its joint-venture partner in New York City, The Daten Group, will open for occupancy this month. La Gianna and the partners’ two nearby projects in the White Plains central business district are being marketed and managed under The Daten Group’s Vibe Living brand. Together they will add 103 high-end apartments to the city’s rentals inventory.

“This is going to be somewhat of a flagship for my company,” Mann said of La Gianna, a luxury rental complex whose amenities include a 1,200-square-foot gym, a game room, children’s play room, media room, barbecue and picnic area, putting green and covered parking. Rents at La Gianna, the most expensive of the Vibe Living developments, will range from $2,000 for a studio up to $3,800 for a two-bedroom apartment, Mann said.

The partners’ three multifamily projects represent “three different products for three different types of residents,” Mann said.

While La Gianna is expected to draw “an older crowd,” The Dylan, at 42 Waller Ave., should appeal to younger residents in their 20s and 30s drawn to the city’s thriving night life on Mamaroneck Avenue one block away and proximity to the Metro-North train station, Mann said. The Reed with its more spacious apartments at 115 N. Broadway could appeal to young families, he said.

The Dylan and The Reed developments will cost about $8 million each, he said. At 42 Waller Ave., a foreclosed property for which the partners paid $1.4 million in late 2012, The Dylan will include 23 units with rents ranging from $2,300 for a one-bedroom unit

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In Westchester, the third-quarter median price of a condominium rose 5.5 percent to $375,000. That midmarket price rise came in a quarter in which condo listings with the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service increased 13 percent from last year. A total of 330 condos were sold in Westchester in the third quarter, down 11.3 percent from last year.

The multiple listing service ended the third quarter with 12,359 housing units on the market throughout the region, an 9.5 percent increase from a year ago, according to the HGAR report. In Westchester, the 3,618 single-family houses listed at the start of October amounted to an 8.7 percent increase from last year’s quarterly inventory. The county’s condo inventory was up 13 percent from a year ago.

Mercurio in the report noted the increased sales inventory “may actually reflect consumer confidence in the real estate market by previously reticent potential sellers who, observing a healthy mar-

ket around them, become motivated to list their property.”

The HGAR analyst said the third-quarter market was driven by “ample but not

excessive inventory, steady but bubblefree price increases, low mortgage interest rates and overall improving economic conditions.”

up to $3,000 for a two-bedroom apartment.

Tenants will have access to the gym and other amenities at La Gianna. At 115 N. Broadway, The Reed, a wood-façade development of 23 townhouse-style one-bedroom and duplex units, is rising on the former site of a demolished Elks Lodge. It should be ready for occupancy by December 2015, Mann said.

All three buildings are modular constructions, which makes for faster, less expensive and more energy-efficient development, Mann said. The developer’s locked-in contractual cost for modules eliminates potentially costly contingency expenses that can inflate a project budget. “The main goal of a developer is to eliminate uncertainty,” he said.

Mann said he had long been certain he “wanted to get into this industry.” But he first spent nine years in Manhattan’s garment center, working at women’s clothing manufacturing companies in which his father was a partner. Seeing “the writing was on the wall” in the garment industry, he pursued his interest in residential real estate and earned a master’s degree in real estate development from New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate. He started his company in early 2011.

Looking to move out of New York City that year with his wife, Mann was certain he did not want to return to Long Island.

Though his Lighthouse company was named after the street on which he was raised in Great Neck, he was drawn instead to the less onerous traffic and suburban ambience of Westchester County, where several of his childhood friends had settled.

Shopping for a downtown residence, the Manns visited developer Louis Cappelli’s high-rise condominiums at the Ritz-Carlton Westchester on Renaissance Square. “It kind of blew us away,” Mann said. The $1 million

sale price was much less than a similar condo in New York City would cost. “It was a nice baby step out of the city for us,” he said.

The starting developer wondered about the lack of residential development in his new city. “I ended up walking around White Plains for about two weeks straight, looking at any rental apartments that were available.” From those walks, “I understood what the competition was and what the supply was and the level of finishes and the amenities.” Mann thought he could build apartments that were more like New York City products with highend finishes and amenities at the price of the existing supply in White Plains.

Mann made his first Westchester deal on the same DeKalb Avenue block on which La Gianna this month is opening with 15 apartments initially leased. In 2011 he paid $700,000 for vacant land at 17-19 DeKalb Ave. Its previous owner had paid $1,025,000 for the parcel in 2005 with plans to develop condominiums there.

With the condo market moribund since the financial crisis and the Great Recession, Mann instead made his development debut on the site with Bramare Town Homes, a 10-unit rental building completed two years ago.

Mann saw another opportunity on Lake Street in White Plains, where the owners of the former Mazur Brothers Furniture Store were embroiled in a legal dispute with the state over payments for the state’s taking of Mazur Brothers properties during the Interstate 287 construction project nearby.

The state had demolished the furniture store.

Mann in 2012 acquired the disputed property at 68 Lake St. for $700,000.

The Lighthouse Enterprises developer erected Apuovia – the Greek term for “harmony” – a 30-unit rental building that opened in

August 2013. “It was fully leased two months after it was finished,” he said.

Mann last year approached a childhood friend from Long Island and fellow Schack Institute graduate, Craig Rosenman, about his company’s interest in joining Mann’s small company in his next three White Plains projects. Rosenman is director of acquisitions at The Daten Group.

The partners last year paid $4.1 million for 8-14 DeKalb Ave., an undeveloped property whose previous owner several years ago received city approval for The Metropolitan at White Plains, an 89-unit condominium development.

“It was the real estate crisis. Still to this day you can’t sell condos in White Plains,” said Mann, whose own condo at the Ritz Carlton has gone unsold since his family’s move to Armonk this year. Some 60 Ritz condos remain unsold, he said.

Moving beyond White Plains, Mann hopes to break ground in January on a fivestory, 50-unit apartment building at 120 N. Pearl St. in downtown Port Chester. “I think White Plains, Port Chester, Mamaroneck and Harrison are the best locations to build in Westchester,” he said.

“I have some irons in the fire. I have bids out on properties all over Westchester.”

But other developers apparently have seen in the county’s rental market what Mann saw on his walks through White Plains – prime opportunity.

Land and deals “are hard to find,” he said.

“From February 2011 to May 2014, I don’t think anyone else ever bid on a property that I bid on. I never lost a bid. Now I am losing to higher bidders.”

“I knew that would eventually happen. I didn’t think it would happen this fast.”

Chart by Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors.

SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS

BY BRUCE NEWMAN

Key elements of mobile website design This is the second part of a two-part article on website design.

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n this era of displays that vary from large computer monitors to small smartphone screens, the customer experience hinges on the ability to view a website tailored for any device.

According to Google, 61 percent of viewers on a mobile site will leave if they don’t quickly see what interests them.

Furthermore, 74 percent of all mobile viewers are more likely to return to a mobile-friendly site than one that has not been optimized for mobile. An example of mobile optimization is “click to call” mobile websites, which are particularly important for local businesses (such as pizzerias). By displaying their phone number above the fold — regardless of the size of the screen — they will average 32 percent more sales.

Despite these statistics and the rapidly increasing percentage of people using mobile devices, many companies are reticent about having to redo their websites.

That is why there is a growing industry of companies that, for a price usually less than $1,200, will automatically or manually construct a site for a dedicated display size. (A monthly charge is often associated with these services.) For some companies, this is an ideal solution. The downside to this approach includes increased costs, an inconsistent user experience across platforms and the need to update the site for each display type individually.

Designers utilize different strategies to effectively solve this problem of different screen sizes. One of the simplest solutions is by using columns: large screens use three columns, tablets and smaller screens use two columns and smartphones use

one column. Additional aspects include flexible images that scale depending on screen size as well as fluid grids that can be reshaped (usually from horizontal to vertical) so they display properly on a narrow smartphone screen.

One of the most difficult things about providing content to a small smartphone screen is determining what is critically important to your audience — you do not have the space to waste. Many of your viewers will not waste time looking for your message. That’s why, if you work with a designer, you must specify those key images, banners, titles, phone numbers or words that you want your smartphone viewers to see when they click on your mobile site; they must be concise 0630 ad_Layout 1 8/25/14 2:06 PM Page 1

and on-target.

One of the key goals for every company is to maintain consistency across all of its marketing and sales campaigns, thereby enhancing its brand. From a website perspective, this is accomplished through the use of responsive design and the careful planning of content for each size of display.

Increasingly, Web designers start designing for the smaller displays first since they find it easier to add content as the size of the display increases rather than being forced to remove it.

There are also several options that must be considered, such as the quality of the image versus the load time. Navigation is another important option — how do you move around the site? Currently, the use

of drop-down menus is a popular solution.

With the rapid rise in importance of mobile computing, it is imperative that every company’s website is regularly updated and able to keep its viewers satisfied and willing to return. Since the website should reflect that company’s brand by meeting the needs of its viewers and customers, it can provide a consistent experience that leads to additional revenue and business.

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“We very are pleased to have purchased an interest in this solid neighborhood shopping center,” said Willing Biddle, Urstadt Biddle CEO, in a statement. “It has everything we look for in a shopping center: a supermarket, a pharmacy, an excellent location and very high population density in the surrounding community.”

In conjunction with the purchase, A&P modified its lease and extended the initial term until 2034. As part of the transaction, Urstadt Biddle will fund a renovation of the supermarket that anchors the property.

URSTADT BIDDLE BUYS YONKERS SHOPPING CENTER

The McLean Plaza Shopping Center in Yonkers.

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., a Greenwich, Conn.-based real estate investment trust, has purchased a majority interest in the McLean Plaza Shopping Center in Yonkers through a wholly owned subsidiary.

Urstadt Biddle purchased its 51 percent interest from an affiliate of The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., or A&P, for $7.8 million. A 35,000-square-foot A&P supermarket

REGUS WILL OPEN RIDGE HILL OFFICE Regus Business Centers, a global provider of serviced and virtual office spaces, has signed a long-term lease for 15,638 square feet of office space at Westchester’s Ridge Hill’s 73 Market St., also known as 1 Ridge Hill, in Yonkers.

The deal was announced by brokers in the Stamford, Conn., office of Colliers

International, which represents Ridge Hill’s owner, Forest City Ratner Cos. A 250,000-square-foot, Class A building, 73 Market St. has Westmed Medical Group as its anchor tenant. Regus will build out space on the third floor, which Colliers is leasing as multitenanted space with offices of 5,000 square feet or more. Colliers brokers said several other tenants are negotiating for some of the 60,000 square feet of available space in the building.

Ali Esmaeilzadeh, vice president of commercial development and leasing for Forest City Ratner, in a press release said the flexible workspaces provided by Regus Business Centers — including co-working, collaboration and meeting spaces — “add yet another level to the wide range of services offered at Ridge Hill.” The 81-acre shopping center development includes 1.3 million square feet of retail, offices and entertainment space and 162 residential units.

CBRE represented Regus Business Centers in the lease deal. Ridge Hill’s landlord is exclusively represented by a Colliers International team of Al Gutierrez, executive managing director; Ian Ceppos, senior managing director; Stephanie Coleman, director; and Cameron Paktinat, associate.

Building Relationships That Last.

WEST NYACK BUILDING SELLS FOR $36M A Mount Kisco property management and repositioning firm bought the former Cambridge University Press warehouse in West Nyack for $36 million, according to CBRE Group Inc., which brokered the deal.

The building at 100 Brook Hill Drive, off Route 59, includes 490,795 square feet of industrial space. It was sold by Robert Martin Co. LLC and MAG Real Estate Advisors Inc. after the company repositioned the building as a multitenant distribution warehouse in 2013. Three tenants currently lease the entire space.

The buyer was Diamond Properties, which was procured by CBRE after the two had worked together in the $48.6 million sale by Diamond of Bedford Green in Bedford Hills. According to CBRE, part of the proceeds from that sale will be used to satisfy Diamond’s 1031 exchange, a part of the Internal Revenue Service code that allows companies to defer capital gains taxes by reinvesting money from the sale of one property into a new property.

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BY BILL FALLON Bfallon@westfairinc.com

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he regional commercial real estate market, which took a thumping in the recession, continues to reinvent itself amid healthier times. It has found, in the words of CBRE Senior Managing Director Robert Caruso, “a new normal” that has stabilized 30 percent below prerecession leasing activity.

Popular properties are those that have been spruced up and those that are near transportation — or perhaps near land to grow, a pharmaceutical campus linchpin.

Those buildings with medical-ready infrastructure, too, are popular; though while medicine and business may be intertwined, they usually prefer different building addresses.

In comparing Westchester and Fairfield counties, Fairfield fared better statistically in the third quarter, increasing leased square footage by 57 percent. Westchester dipped 38 percent compared with the third quarter of 2013, which, at least in part, is because Westchester is the longer-developed county and its buildings are older.

“Westchester saw more repositioning and removal of obsolete properties from the market,” Caruso said.

Caruso and a battery of CBRE executives — including Tom Pajolek, executive vice president; Kevin McCarthy, vice president; Khadija Kay Licata, director of research services; David Block, senior vice president; Johanna Clark Wendt, manager for marketing and communications; and Steven Fiore, research analyst — recently parsed the Westchester and Fairfield county third-quarter commercial real estate data at CBRE’s Tresser Boulevard, Stamford, office.

Fairfield was the costlier of the counties for the quarter on average: $35.83 per square foot (down from $37.04 in the third quarter of 2013), compared with Westchester’s $27.34 per square foot (up from $26.85 a year ago).

Block, who is leasing agent for the silver-sheathed 400 Atlantic St. in Stamford, said, “You cannot overstate the impact of Connecticut’s incentives, which can make rent differentials fairly insignificant.”

The assembled agreed Fairfield’s numbers are skewed higher by $80-per-squarefoot Class A spaces in Greenwich.

Each county scored victories in the quarter.

In Fairfield County, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. leased 92,109 square feet at 1 Far Mill Crossing in Shelton; General Electric leased 42,737 square feet at 601 Merritt 7 in Norwalk; and Unilever leased 29,786 square feet at 3 Corporate Drive, Shelton.

In Westchester, First Niagara Bank leased 30,000 square feet at 520 White Plains Road in Tarrytown; Mariner Investment Group leased 16,556 square feet at 500 Mamaroneck Ave., Harrison; and Regus Business Centers leased 15,000 square feet at Yonkers’ Ridge Hill development.

Fairfield County’s overall leasing activity of 2.3 million square feet for the quarter bested the third quarter of 2013 by 800,000 square feet, a 57 percent improvement.

In Westchester, demand was light, according to CBRE, with third-quarter leasing activity down 38 percent year over year (244,570 square feet versus 394,990 square feet). The year-to-date figure of 969,934 square feet is 31 percent below its corresponding 2013 number of 1.4 million square feet.

Westchester, however, has less leaseable, available office space, 18.7 percent (up

1 percent compared with the third quarter of 2013), while Fairfiled’s availability rate is 20.9 percent (up from 20.2 percent a year ago).

A lot of landlords, it emerged, want to know if their buildings possess the infrastructure — “the bones” in the parlance of those at the meeting — to take in medical practices.

Those landlords are hearing it is not as simple as it sounds, nor, necessarily, as desirable. Medical and business/corporate offices tend not to mix. Medical offices require more plumbing and multiple exam rooms. They also require five or six parking spaces per thousand square feet of office, compared with the three to four spaces nonmedical businesses.

CBRE provided a raft of commercial real estate numbers that included positive absorption figures of vacant property for

In front of 400 Atlantic St. in Stamford, Conn., owned by The Landis Group, are CBRE executives, from left, Tom Pajolek, executive vice president; Kevin McCarthy, vice president; Khadija Kay Licata, director of research services; Robert Caruso, senior managing director; David Block, senior vice president and leasing agent for 400 Atlantic St.; and Johanna Clark Wendt, marketing and communications manager.

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Six to be honored at Doctors of Distinction event STAFF REPORT

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ix local physicians will receive a Doctor of Distinction award Oct. 30 at an event at The Bristal at Armonk.

Doctors of Distinction 2015 is presented by the Westchester County Business Journal, Citrin Cooperman and the Westchester County Medical Society. This will be the second annual Doctors of Distinction event for Westchester County, honoring outstanding physicians for their achievements in five categories.

“It’s amazing that just one year after the inaugural Doctors of Distinction Awards in Westchester, the inspiring stories by the winners still resonate with the attendees and Business Journal readers. Now, this year’s event is fervently anticipated because it’s recognized that the doctors chosen are the best of the best, no easy task for the judges,” said Dee DelBello, publisher of the Westchester County Business Journal. “It’s not a popularity contest. Selection is based on merit and accomplishment, and we are delighted to partner with the Westchester County Medical Society and Citrin Cooperman to bring the good work of Westchester County physicians to public view.”

“We are looking forward to the second

annual Westchester Doctors of Distinction Awards honoring leading physicians in the Westchester medical community,” said Alan G. Badey, managing partner of Citrin Cooperman’s White Plains office. “We at Citrin Cooperman thank all of the winners and nominees for their continued dedication to our community.”

“This event brings well-deserved recognition to some of our physicians who do great things that don’t get the recognition that this event would bring,” said Brian Foy, executive director of the Westchester County Medical Society. “We didn’t have this kind of an event where we could recognize outstanding physicians in different fields before. We’re looking forward to another great event.”

The Humanitarian Award, presented in recognition of a physician or physicians for a project or service that impacts humanity by significantly improving or enhancing the quality of life for people in the region, nationwide or worldwide, will be given to Martin E. Lederman of Lederman & Lederman LLP. As a pediatric ophthalmologist, Lederman has had a practice in Westchester since 1984, and has headed teaching and surgical missions to Panama, Kenya, Morocco, Dubai and Belize. He co-founded “One World, One Vision,” an organization devoted to bring-

ing pediatric ophthalmologists to developing countries to treat children and adults with strabismus (misaligned eyes) and children with cataracts.

Kira Geraci-Ciardullo of Westchester Health Associates and Mary Beth Walsh of Burke Rehabilitation Hospital will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, given in recognition of a physician who is respected by his or her peers for a lifetime career in medical service to the community.

A graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, GeraciCiardullo has served as chief of the allergy division of White Plains Hospital and president of the Westchester Allergy Society.

Walsh is the executive medical director and CEO of Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains. She is also an associate dean and associate professor of clinical medicine at Burke’s academic affiliate, Weill Cornell Medical College and an assistant attending physician at New York City’s Hospital for Special Surgery.

Recognized with the Leadership in Medical Advocacy Award, given to a physician who has provided exceptional leadership in the form of advocacy on behalf of the medical profession at the local, state or national level or has provided tireless

volunteer time to help fellow physicians, is Thomas Lee. A neurosurgeon who went to medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles, Lee’s practice is based in Tarrytown.

Augustine Moscatello of Westchester Medical Center is this year’s recipient of the Community Service Award, presented in recognition of a physician for outstanding service to his or her community in providing free medical and patient care services for people in need — the underserved, homeless, uninsured or indigent. Moscatello serves as director of the department of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. He is also an associate professor at New York Medical College.

This year’s Excellence in Medical Research Award, given in recognition of a physician whose ingenuity or clinical research significantly contributed to the advancement of medical practice, is given to William Bauman of the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx. Earlier this year, Bauman, along with colleague Ann Spungen, received the Samuel J. Heyman Science and Environment Medal for their work in improving the health care and quality of life of paralyzed veterans.

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RANKED BY TOTAL COMPENSATION

HIGHLY COMPENSATED CEOs IN PUBLIC COMPANIES

THELIST: HIGHEST-PAID CEOs

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

Ranked by total compensation.

CEO Title Age • year appointed (in current position)

Year data released

Salary $

Bonus $

Stock awards $

Option awards $

Nonequity incentive plan compensation $

Change in retention plan value $

Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings $

All other compensation $

Total compensation $

2014

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

85,049,800

85,049,800

Leonard S. Schleifer M.D., Ph.D. President and CEO 60 • 1988

2014

1,035,000

2,070,000

0

33,062,325

0

0

0

105,340

36,272,665

Morgan Stanley & Co.

James P. Gorman Chairman and CEO 55 • 2010

2014

1,500,000

5,408,000

4,399,344

2,624,999

0

0

497,893

28,327

14,408,563

Consolidated Edison Inc.

John McAvoy President and CEO 53 • 2013

2014

405,959

0

996,800

0

490,500

0

1,089,072

133,580

14,280,877

PepsiCo Inc.

Indra K. Nooyi Chairman and CEO 58 • 2006

2014

1,600,000

0

7,458,225

0

4,000,000

0

1,089,072

133,580

14,280,877

Virginia M. Rometty Chairman, president and CEO 55 • 2012

2014

1,500,000

0

11,703,869

0

0

0

0

761,808

13,965,677

2013

831,781

1,910,000

9,377,997

0

591,025

0

44,020

180,139

12,934,962

Rank

Name, address, phone number Area code: 914 (unless otherwise noted) Website

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GAMCO Investors Inc.

1 Corporate Center, Rye 10580 921-5100 • gabelli.com

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown 10591 847-7000 • regeneron.com 2000 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10577 225-5510 • morganstanley.com

511 Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye 10580 800-752-6633 • coned.com

700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase 10577 253-2000 • pepsico.com

International Business Machines Corp.

1 New Orchard Road, Armonk 10504 499-1900 • ibm.com

Avon Products Inc.

601 Midland Ave., Rye 10580 935-2000 • avon.com

Mario J. Gabelli Chairman, CEO and chief investment officer, value portfolios

71 • 1976

Sheri McCoy

54 • 2012

MasterCard International

Ajay S. Banga President and CEO 57 • 2010

2014

1,000,000

0

4,250,466

4,249,952

2,535,000

0

0

327,172

12,362,590

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.

William J. Flynn President and CEO 60 • 2006

2013

978,788

0

4,305,096

0

1,364,424

0

0

257,818

6,906,126

James E. Lillie CEO 51 • 2011

2013

982,300

982,300

1,992,900

0

1,964,600

0

0

106,231

6,028,331

ITT Corp.

Denise L. Ramos CEO and president 57 • 2011

2014

900,000

0

2,320,489

712,847

1,449,000

0

0

114,504

5,487,224

MBIA Inc.

Joseph W. Brown CEO 64 • 2008

2014

1,000,000

0

0

0

4,000,000

0

0

255,707

5,255,707

Drew Industries Inc.

Jason D. Lippert CEO 41 • 2013

2014

800,000

0

1,081,899

0

1,311,931

0

0

30,196

4,836,526

Mitchell E. Hersh President, CEO and director 63 • 1999

2014

1,050,000

500,000

512,403

0

0

0

0

771,017

2,833,420

Universal American Financial Corp.

Richard A. Barasch Chairman and CEO 60 • 1995

2014

1,014,390

0

682,400

BioScrip Inc.

Richard M. Smith President and CEO 53 • 2011

2014

703,365

0

0

Prestige Brands

Matthew Mannelly President and CEO 56 • 2009

2014

700,000

0

166,676

Mark R. Baker President and CEO 58 • 2011

2013

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Jarden Corp.

555 Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye 10580 967-9400 • jarden.com

1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 641-2000 • itt.com 113 King St., Armonk 10504 273-4545 • mbia.com 200 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10601 428-9098 • drewindustries.com

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

100 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford 10523 592-4800 • mack-cali.com

6 International Drive, Suite 190, Rye Brook 10573 934-5200 • uafc.com 100 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford, 10523 460-1600 • bioscrip.com

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777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown 10591 789-2800 • progenics.com

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INBRIEF CITIGROUP, AG REACH $16M SETTLEMENT A subsidiary of Citigroup will be forced to reimburse about $16 million it overcharged customers as part of an agreement with the New York state attorney general’s office.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. overcharged more than 31,000 customers on advisory fees assessed to holders of so-called TRAK accounts, which require a minimum deposit that is invested in mutual funds.

Customers with TRAK accounts pay a negotiable advisory fee to the bank, generally between 1 and 1.5 percent.

The settlement, announced at a press conference in Yonkers on Oct. 10, was reached after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office launched an inquiry based on a 2012 complaint from a Westchester County resident who had been overcharged, seeking to determine whether other TRAK account holders were similarly affected.

According to the complaint, the customer had negotiated a 1.2 percent initial fee for her account but was charged the standard 1.5 percent over a period of three years, causing her to be overcharged by more than $3,000.

Schneiderman’s office then launched its inquiry, which determined many customers were being charged higher-than-negotiated rates and unaware they were paying more than they should.

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Restitution of $15,969,824.47 will go to 31,324 current and former TRAK account holders, including 2,931 New York account holders who will receive a total of $1,305,197.08.

The attorney general’s investigation is continuing. Citigroup Global Markets is conducting a wider review of other types of accounts to ensure that any account holders who have been overcharged will also be paid restitution, the attorney general’s office said. Schneiderman’s office will oversee the review and remediation efforts.

WORKFORCE BOARD AWARDED $9.9M GRANT The Westchester-Putnam Workforce Investment Board will receive approximately $9.9 million through a federal program that supports partnerships between employers, nonprofit organizations and job training programs to connect Americans ready to work with jobs that are ready to be filled.

The grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Ready to Work Partnership was announced jointly by New York’s U.S. Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. They said the $9,868,337 allocation will help long-unemployed residents in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland and Orange counties find jobs requiring middle to high skills. The Westchester-Putnam workforce board is one of 23 organizations nationwide to receive funding through the Ready to Work program.

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Deals & Deeds — MOUNT KISCO SPORTS BUYS LANDMARK BUILDING Mount Kisco Sports plans to expand its retail business in the village following the company’s $1.7 million purchase of a 10,000-squarefoot building at 11-13 E. Main St., according to brokers at Friedland Realty Advisors.

The seller, Elon Inc., headquartered in Bethel, Conn., used the space as a showroom for its family-owned tile and stone business. Friedland Realty brokers Ross Schneiderman and Atanu Bhattacharjee were given a six-month deadline by the owner to sell the landmark building, according to the realty firm in Yonkers. They were assisted in the deal by Friedland broker Nick Hrvatin.

Friedland brokers said the expansion move by Mount Kisco Sports — a 17-year-old business currently at 5 S. Moger Ave. — will help create a “mini sports center” along East

Main Street. The purchased property is also home to Quest Yoga Arts and Takahashi’s Karate Dojo.

The seller also was represented by White Plains attorney Paul Jaffe. Mount Kisco Sports was represented by attorney Andrew S. Hirsch of Lawrence Properties-Bernstein Real Estate in New York City.

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IT SERVICES FIRM RELOCATES IN YONKERS EZ MSP LLC, a computer services company, has expanded and relocated in Yonkers to 7 Odell Plaza in the South Westchester Executive Park.

The company, which provides IT support and consulting to small and midsized businesses, signed a long-term lease for 5,058 square feet of office, technology and warehouse space, said Howard E. Greenberg, president of Howard Properties Ltd. in White Plains, who brokered the deal for the tenant.

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PepsiCo Inc.

5 6 7 THELIST: 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase 10577 253-2000 • pepsico.com

International Business Machines Corp.

1 New Orchard Road, Armonk 10504 499-1900 • ibm.com

Avon Products Inc.

601 Midland Ave., Rye 10580 935-2000 • avon.com

Indra K. Nooyi Chairman and CEO 58 • 2006

2014

1,600,000

0

7,458,225

0

4,000,000

0

1,089,072

133,580

14,280,877

Virginia M. Rometty Chairman, president and CEO 55 • 2012

2014

1,500,000

0

11,703,869

0

0

0

0

761,808

13,965,677

2013

831,781

1,910,000

9,377,997

0

591,025

0

44,020

180,139

12,934,962

HIGHEST-PAID CEOs Sheri McCoy

54 • 2012

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MasterCard International

Ajay S. Banga President and CEO 57 • 2010

2014

1,000,000

0

4,250,466

4,249,952

2,535,000

0

0

327,172

12,362,590

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.

William J. Flynn President and CEO 60 • 2006

2013

978,788

0

4,305,096

0

1,364,424

0

0

257,818

6,906,126

James E. Lillie CEO 51 • 2011

2013

982,300

982,300

1,992,900

0

1,964,600

0

0

106,231

6,028,331

ITT Corp.

Denise L. Ramos CEO and president 57 • 2011

2014

900,000

0

2,320,489

712,847

1,449,000

0

0

114,504

5,487,224

MBIA Inc.

Joseph W. Brown CEO 64 • 2008

2014

1,000,000

0

0

0

4,000,000

0

0

255,707

5,255,707

Drew Industries Inc.

Jason D. Lippert CEO 41 • 2013

2014

800,000

0

1,081,899

0

1,311,931

0

0

30,196

4,836,526

Mitchell E. Hersh President, CEO and director 63 • 1999

2014

1,050,000

500,000

512,403

0

0

0

0

771,017

2,833,420

Universal American Financial Corp.

Richard A. Barasch Chairman and CEO 60 • 1995

2014

1,014,390

0

682,400

805,698

0

0

0

39,893

2,542,381

BioScrip Inc.

Richard M. Smith President and CEO 53 • 2011

2014

703,365

0

0

1,484,640

0

0

0

140,115

2,328,120

Prestige Brands

Matthew Mannelly President and CEO 56 • 2009

2014

700,000

0

166,676

333,807

540,000

0

0

9,945

1,750,428

Mark R. Baker President and CEO 58 • 2011

2013

517,500

155,250

0

689,244

0

0

0

15,612

1,377,606

200 Purchase St., Purchase 10577 249-2000 • mastercard.com

2000 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10577 701-8000 • atlasair.com

Jarden Corp.

555 Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye 10580 967-9400 • jarden.com

1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 641-2000 • itt.com

113 King St., Armonk 10504 273-4545 • mbia.com 200 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10601 428-9098 • drewindustries.com

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

100 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford 10523 592-4800 • mack-cali.com

6 International Drive, Suite 190, Rye Brook 10573 934-5200 • uafc.com 100 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford, 10523 460-1600 • bioscrip.com

660 White Plains Road, Tarrytown 10591

800-831-7105 • prestigebrands.com

Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc.

777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown 10591 789-2800 • progenics.com

The list is a sampling of highest paid CEOs in public companies that serve the region. If you wish your CEO and public company to be included in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@wesBairinc.com.

Source: Informa.on obtained from company websites and proxy statements.

Note: Year data released represents when data was publically reported. Compensa.on figures represent the previous fiscal year.

Loca.ons listed above may not necessarily represent company headquarters.

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Air taxis increase options for regional air travelers

A Hopscotch Air-operated Cirrus SR22.

BY LEIF SKODNICK lskodnick@westfairinc.com

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n an ideal world, air travel would be less stressful and comparable in price to driving.

Air taxis are bringing that ideal closer to reality for consumers who want to fly from Westchester County Airport. With air taxi service, consumers book flights on small aircraft to regional destinations on their own schedules — avoiding the hassles of security lines, checked baggage and connecting flights.

“It’s remarkably similar to Uber,” said Linear Air CEO Bill Herp, whose company operates a website used to book air taxis through four different operators on the East Coast. “We’re building a new technology that really helps people travel efficiently.”

Linear Air’s website enables customers to search for flights by origin and destination, as well as number of passengers. When a customer runs a search, the site returns results with the cost per passenger, flight duration and type of aircraft.

One of Linear Air’s partners, Hopscotch Air, operates air taxi flights with Cirrus SR22 aircraft, which can carry three passengers and about 100 pounds of luggage.

“The idea is that with us, you’re using the right tool for the mission,” said Andrew Schmertz, the CEO of Hopscotch Air, who said that his company’s average trip is about 90 minutes. “You don’t need a Gulfstream G4 for that kind of trip. It’s too expensive and inefficient.”

Schmertz said Hopscotch had a booking to fly a same-day round trip from White Plains to Ithaca. Had the customers elected to fly commercially, they would have had to make a connection in Philadelphia before landing in Ithaca, making the trip about four hours in each direction for about $710 per passenger. By comparison, the same trip on a Cirrus SR22 is about 75 minutes with no stops or connections for about $660 per person.

“For a trip like that, there’s no other simple option,” Schmertz said.

Another advantage Schmertz pointed out was that Hopscotch Air’s planes don’t

need large runways, making it easier to access remote destinations. He said that even though some of the remote airports are small, they have comparable ground transportation options to large airports, including taxi service and car rental.

“There are between 3,000 and 5,000 airports that air taxi services can use” depending on the aircraft employed for the trip, Schmertz said. “There’s only about 300, including the regional airports, that commercial airlines can use.”

The Government Accountability Office in April reported sharp drops in service to small and medium-sized airports across the country. Medium-sized airports — airports that handle between 0.25 and 1 percent of annual boardings — saw a 23.9 percent drop in flights and 18.5 percent drop in seats between 2007 and 2013. Westchester County Airport falls into this category and saw a 14.46 percent drop in passenger boardings from 2012 to 2013.

“It’s too expensive for the airlines to operate a 70-seat regional jet and so the smaller markets lose service,” Herp said.

Herp said this reduction in airline service to smaller airports has made air taxi service a good business.

“We’ve seen significant search volume for regional airport pairs on Kayak and Hipmunk,” Herp said. Kayak and Hipmunk are popular websites used to search for and book flights. “When people search those websites, they search hub-to-hub. We’ve been working to upgrade our website so that people can get the advantage of regular airports with an air taxi service.”

Concurrently, Hopscotch Air’s business has risen.

“What’s great is that our marketplace is the traditional air traveler,” Schmertz said.

“Linear Air caters to the traditional air traveler” who may not have otherwise considered an air taxi service because of a lack of available information.

“We’re seeing a lot more business travelers. The first two weeks of October, we’ve had nearly double the number of flights we had at this time last year,” Schmertz said. “We’re growing into the potential market, not the other way around.”

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Canada-to-NYC power line draws scrutiny Champlain Hudson takes step to approval

BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

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proposed 330-mile electric line that will run from Canada to New York City received a special federal permit that will allow for its operation over international borders.

The U.S. Department of Energy issued what is called a presidential permit for the Champlain Hudson Power Express, which will run 1,000-megawatt transmission cables with a 5-inch diameter from Quebec to a new converter station in Astoria, Queens.

Transmission Developers Inc., which is developing the project, has said it will siphon hydro and wind-produced energy from new generator stations in Canada down to New York City metro users.

“Delivering lower-cost, clean power to New York will be extremely beneficial to businesses, residents and the environment, and we are eager to start delivering these benefits to the people of New York,” Donald Jessome, TDI’s CEO, said.

TDI, which is owned by the publicly traded investment corporation Blackstone Group LP, said it expects the project will cost $2.2 billion. The company said the lines will ultimately save ratepayers as much as $650 million per year while creating an average of 300 construction jobs during the four years it takes to build.

The project has its detractors, though, with some industry advocates and that labor groups saying it will result in local jobs lost and profits sent off to foreign companies and investment firms. As part of the construction, the Canadian government-owned utility Hyrdro-Quebec will build new generator stations to supply the power lines.

Matthew Cordaro, a trustee at the Long Island Power Authority and a former utility industry executive, said “a lot of people have some skepticism” about the Champlain Hudson.

“It’s not the best project in the world,” Cordaro told the Business Journal. “Definitely from the New York state perspective or for the New York state economy.”

Cordaro and others have questioned if the estimated $2.2 billion cost of the construction is too optimistic. When the proposal first surfaced in 2007, electricity provider Consolidated Edison estimated the cost to be

The power transmission line’s route through the Hudson Valley.

closer to $11 billion. There is also a question if Canadian utilities will create the generator stations quickly enough to produce the current that TDI says the electric line will provide.

Although TDI has said the construction costs would not be paid through consumer rates, Cordaro said increased costs would end up trickling down.

Cordaro said his biggest complaint was that upstate power generators could not plug into the line, which he believed could ease an energy problem downstate, where users consume most of the state’s power but there is not enough local generation to meet demand during peak-usage periods.

“There’s surplus capacity in the upstate region and it needs to be unleashed,” he said. “(The Champlain Hudson) goes even further bottling out that capacity in upstate New York.”

Paul Steidler is the director of communications for the New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance, or AREA, an industry advocacy group representing more than 150

businesses, labor unions and other groups.

Cordaro is an AREA adviser.

The state recently approved a capacity zone in the Hudson Valley region that allows generators to increase their prices with the intent of incentivizing companies to build new stations in the region. But the Champlain Hudson may discourage investment into generation in the region, Steidler said.

“It’s going to send some disruptive market signals,” he said. Steidler said AREA’s analyses estimated approximately 75 percent of the state’s electrical infrastructure is 40 or more years old. Investment in upgrading the systems should be a priority above building new lines, Steidler said.

“At the end of the day this is about the people of New York paying a lot of money that is going to Canada and the special interests,” he said.

Some labor groups like the AFL-CIO Local 17 have supported the project, while others like the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 503 have opposed it, with the latter saying at Hudson

Valley public hearings the Champlain Hudson would mean setting a precedent of relying on foreign energy.

The company won support of several high-profile environmental groups after agreeing to avoid an ecologically sensitive area of the Hudson River. Some residents in the Hudson Valley opposed the route of the lines, which are planned to snake out from underneath the Hudson in Stony Point and pass near Revolutionary War-era Waldron Cementary. Although the lines wouldn’t go directly through the cemetery, some residents said it showed a lack of respect for the deceased and feared graves would be disrupted during the construction.

TDI also agreed to establish a $117 million mitigation fund for the preservation of aquatic wildlife in waterways as part of an agreement with environmental groups Scenic Hudson and Riverkeeper.

The power express still needs approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. TDI plans to break ground in 2015 and have the line operational by 2018.

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CHALLENGING CAREERS

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BY CATHERINE PORTMAN-LAUX

Craftsman restores the past from a historic diner

landmark former diner dating to the 1940s is today sought out by midHudson Valley residents seeking a new life for their vintage furniture.

Inside the portal of the onetime Andy’s Diner on Route 9 in Wappingers Falls, a dedicated craftsman labors over repairs to often neglected heirlooms. Glenn DiCocco has been plying his trade since his father, Louis, owned the shop and named it Sunburst Antiques, reflecting the sunburst pattern standard on antique drawers. His son retained the Sunburst designation upon renaming it Sunburst Furniture Repair & Restoration to reflect its new purpose.

“It’s about restoring my clients’ families,” says the Sunburst craftsman. “That’s what’s so valuable about my business. It’s not just the piece of wood. It’s what’s behind it. They walk by that piece and they’re walking by their mother or father. You can’t put a price on that.”

DiCocco cut his professional teeth in auto body work. Born in Yonkers, raised in Wappingers Falls and graduating from John Jay High School, he moved to Florida, worked in the auto body field and attended Palm Beach Junior College. Returning

home, he earned an associate degree from Dutchess Community College.

“People don’t realize how much labor is involved,” says DiCocco, self-taught in addition to attending seminars on retouching and repair. His contracts include several moving companies, liable for claims if any harm comes to furniture in transit. “I do a lot of work for West Point personnel,” he adds.

“The military moves so much that damage to furniture is inevitable.”

The most challenging job that DiCocco ever tackled was reassembling a Hoosier, whose owners didn’t think it could be repaired. “It was from an old farm house and brought to me in boxes,” he says of the massive piece of furniture. “It was a big kitchen hutch with oak roll top intended for storing bread, spices and kitchen utensils.” DiCocco counts assembling and restoring the piece as a high point of his professional life.

Then there was the all-wooden Amish wheelchair from the 1800s brought in for recaning and the seat needing to be rewoven. Wooden wheels and spokes were also restored.

A tiger maple dresser from the 1800s required extensive detail work. “The name

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derives from the type of figure that has stripes running prominently perpendicular to the grain of the wood, vaguely resembling a tiger’s coat,” he says. “This is my favorite wood. The correct stain and finish highlight the furniture.”

DiCocco finds rosewood the most difficult on which to work. “It’s hard, dense and resists the drill,” he says of the wood, derived from trees often grown in Southeast Asia.

The older pieces that he works on, dating to the 19th century, are usually cherry or maple.

Among the most memorable pieces worked on in the former diner is a harvest table owned by actor Timothy Hutton. “It was used in a movie set,” DiCocco says. “There was a hole running through to accommodate a lamp and hide wires. After its film use, I filled in the hole to blend and at his request made massive legs fashioned to look like they had been originals.”

DiCocco grimaces as he talks of new furniture. “It’s made of inferior materials that can’t be worked on in the manner that we work on wood,” he says.

The craftsman’s wife, Roseann, is employed by the Hudson Valley Credit

Craftsman Glenn DiCocco is shown at work in his shop, housed in a former diner on Route 9 in Wappingers Falls. Photo by Bob Rozycki

Union. His daughter, Lea DiCocco, is assistant manager of Hobby Lobby in Wappingers Falls. In his spare time, DiCocco rides his’ motorcycles and fishes, gravitating toward Long Island Sound stripers and blue fish.

Challenging Careers focuses on the exciting and unusual business lives of Hudson Valley residents. Comments or suggestions may be emailed to Catherine Portman-Laux at cplaux@ optonline.net.

GOOD HAPPENING IN AND THINGS ABOUT THE HUDSON VALLEY LEAVE IT TO BEAVER

From left, Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Michael Johndrow; Greenwood Lake Deputy Mayor Kelli Kelm; Joseph Hannoushe’s wife, Tamara, and their daughter Sienna; Jamie Hannoushe’s sister Jessica; Joseph Hannoushe and Jamie Hannoushe; Jamie Hannoushe’s mother, Jocelyne; Greenwood Lake Mayor Jesse Dwyer; Warwick chamber President Sherry Bukovcan; and Greenwood Lake chamber President Kevin Sweeney.

NEW RESTAURANT IN GREENWOOD LAKE Jamie Hannoushe and her cousin Joseph Hannoushe were joined recently by Greenwood Lake and chamber of commerce officials to celebrate the grand opening of their new restaurant, The Hawelo Mediterranean Grill, a Middle Eastern specialty restaurant at 160 Windermere Ave. Hawelo means “fan the grill” in Arabic and the restaurant’s menu features charcoaled meats like kebab, kufta and chicken

cooked on a custom-made outdoor grill along with tabouli, hummus, falafel and a variety of pita sandwiches and platters.

Jamie Hannoushe, a resident of Greenwood Lake, was born in the United States but her parents emigrated from Lebanon. Her partner and cousin Joseph Hannoushe is a native of Lebanon.

The restaurant is open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Fridays through Sundays from noon to midnight.

FORMER PRISON BECOMES SPORTS TRAINING FACILITY Frozen Ropes Training Centers is turning a former prison in Warwick into a 36-acre “sports village,” featuring indoor and outdoor fields, certified instructors and state-ofthe-art equipment.

The $5-million complex, called The Yard, is on the site of the former Mid-Orange Correctional Facility. When completed next spring, it will serve as a venue for sports camps and clinics and will host major tournaments in several sports, including baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse and football.

Frozen Ropes Director Tony Abbatine, who has served as a consultant for five major league baseball teams, the U.S. Women’s

Softball Team and others said, “The Yard Sports Village will be the crown jewel of athletic venues in the Hudson Valley.”

An indoor soccer field and training complex is scheduled to open in December.

Outdoor fields for baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse and football will be completed next spring and dormitories for sports camps will be completed by July 2015, Abbatine said.

Frozen Ropes will provide its own staff for baseball and softball instruction and certified instructors and athletic trainers will be on hand for other sports, he said. A national soccer academy will provide instruction and training starting this winter, Abbatine said.

Converting a prison into a sports complex isn’t Frozen Ropes’ first such venture in Orange County. The firm’s headquarters is on the site of a former rock quarry near Chester.

“Turning a prison into a family destination for the weekend is the ultimate challenge,” Abbatine said. “Guard towers and barbed wire fences will remain to remind our visitors who the visitors were in yesteryear.”

Frozen Ropes is accepting applications from local coaches and sports leagues for tournaments and training at its indoor facility this winter. For more information, contact Michele Biaso, director of business affairs, at 845-469-9507.

The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, on Muser Drive in Cornwall-on-Hudson will be hosting a presentation on beavers.

Spend the morning with environmental educator Carl Heitmuller learning about the industrious habits of these wetland mammals in an illustrated presentation; then explore the world of these valley residents while viewing interesting objects and artifacts. “Beavers can remain underwater without breathing for up to 15 minutes and swim up to 5 mph,” Heitmuller said.

Admission: $7/adults, $5/children. For more information visit hhnm.org or call 845-5345506, ext. 204.

VASSAR TO HOST CONCERT The all-female musical ensemble group Divahn will perform Oct. 29, 7 p.m. in the Villard Room of the main building of Vassar College. Divahn is a New York-based Mizrahi (Middle Eastern Jewish) band led

by Galeet Dardashti. The group has gained an international following with its fresh and fiery take on Jewish music: eclectic Indian, Middle Eastern and Latin percussion, lush string arrangements and vocals spanning Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Persian, Arabic and Aramaic. The band has performed in venues ranging from top international concert halls and festivals to New York City clubs. As one of the few groups performing Mizrahi and Judeo-Arab music in the U.S., Divahn welcomes its audiences to a beautiful sphere of shared Jewish and Muslim culture.

For more information, visit Vassar.edu.

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Front from left, Mayor Michael Newhard, Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce President Sherry Bukovcan, owners Mina and John Cheng and Chamber Executive Director Michael Johndrow. Rear from left, town of Warwick Justice Peter Barlet, longtime customer Rose Marie Esposito, chamber past President Garrett Durland, building owner Eglie Antoniades and chamber board member Vikki Garby.

SILVER ANNIVERSARY Mina and John Cheng celebrated the 25th anniversary of their Long Spring Chinese Restaurant on Oakland Avenue in the village of Warwick. Joining them and their friends and staff were: Mayor Michael Newhard, town of Warwick Justice Peter Barlet and members of the Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Mina Cheng, a native of Singapore, and her husband, John, a native of mainland

China, operated a Chinese restaurant and take-out in Warwick’s Merchant Square for about two years before moving to the present location.

The restaurant is open Mondays through Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and Sundays and holidays from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

WALKWAY OPENS WASHINGTON STREET PLAZA New York Secretary of State Cesar A. Perales joined representatives from the Walkway Over the Hudson nonprofit organization and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation recently to commemorate the completion of the Washington Street Plaza in Poughkeepsie.

The result of a nearly yearlong collaboration between several government, business and nonprofit organizations, the project provided a range of aesthetic and functional improvements around the Washington

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Street entrance to Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park.

“The Washington Street Plaza improvements will provide a vital connection between the Walkway’s recreational resources and the downtown Poughkeepsie business district,” said Perales.

“This vibrant new plaza represents a vast improvement to the streetscape and to the entrance to Walkway State Park at Washington Street,” Walkway Executive Director Elizabeth Waldstein-Hart said.

Oil paintings by Kevin Cook: “Transcendental” and “Going Home Again.”

INSPIRED BY THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon presents “Transcendental,” new oil paintings by Kevin Cook, an accomplished landscape painter whose style is strongly influenced by the Hudson River School artists of the 19th century. The show runs through Nov. 2.

From a rural community surrounded by farms and woodlands in upstate New York, Cook’s love for painting began with a favorite childhood art teacher and took shape along with his growing appreciation for the natural world around him.

He attended the State University of New York at New Paltz, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in art education. He has been named a Painting Fellow by New York Foundation for the Arts and has served on

its artists advisory committee. He is also a guest educator at the Samuel Dorsky Museum in New Paltz.

While employed at the Mohonk Mountain House, Cook’s vision of nature and romanticism matured to its present state. Mohonk’s storied past and the surrounding Shawangunk Mountains’ rugged terrain deeply inspired him and he gradually developed his style of painting as a means of communicating his spiritual connection to this landscape.

RiverWinds Gallery is at 172 Main St., Beacon. Hours are Wednesdays to Mondays noon to 6 p.m.

For more information, call 845-838-2880 or visit riverwindsgallery.com.

FACTS& FIGURES BANKRUPTCIES MANHATTAN 4SUNKIDS Management LLC. 1090 Hillcrest Road, Ridgewood, N.J. 07450.

Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by Scott A. Steinberg. Filed: Oct. 14. Case no. 14-12875-reg.

G.S.O. Graphics Inc. 363 Seventh Ave., Third floor, New York 10001.

Chaper 7, voluntary. Represented by Robert K. Dakis. Filed: Oct. 13. Case no.

14-12870-rg.

OMC Inc. 4010 Park Ave., Bronx 10457.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Dawn Kirby Arnold. Filed: Oct. 10. Case no. 14-12854-mg.

POUGHKEEPSIE Advantage Botanicals Co., LLC. P.O. Box 203, Phoenicia 12464. Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by Thomas Genova. Filed: Oct. 10. Case no. 1437042-cgm.

COURT CASES 7 Eleven Deli Corp. Filed by 7 Eleven Inc. Action: trademark infringement.

Attorney: Anne Berkowitz Sekel. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv-08139-KPF. 22 S. Broadway LLC. Filed by David Anderson, Fernando Arellano, Melissa Bach and Jose Luis Hernandez. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorneys: Lee R. A. Seham and Stanley J. Silverstone. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 7:14-cv08141-VB.

Cool Transport LLC. Filed by Sandy L. Caraballo. Action: notice of removal.

No listed attorney. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no.

1:14-cv-08145-PKC. Eleni Operating Corp. Filed by Andre Jerome Walker. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Neil H. Greenburg Sr. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 7:1408136-VB. Excell Auto Group Inc. Filed by Renzer Bell. Action: diversity-other contract. No listed attorney. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv-08125-ER. Fidelus Technologies LLC. Filed

by A.R. Santex LLC. Action: diversitybreach of contract. Attorney: Russell James Shanks. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no.

1:14-cv-08131-SAS. General Motors LLC. Filed by Jennifer Clark. Action: diversity-(citizenship).

Attorney: Craig R. Oliver. Filed: Oct. 9.

Case no. 1:14-cv-08134-JMF. General Motors LLC. Filed Mary F. Wilson, Kelly C. Norris and Faye S. Williams. Action: petition for removalproduct liability. Attorneys: William Anthony Moss and Harry B. White. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv-08130-JMF. General Motors LLC. Filed by Debra O’Neill and Charles O’Neill. Action: diversity-citizenship. Attorneys: Daniel T. DeFeo and Steven J. Stolze. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv-08133-JMF. Horizon Medical Group PC. Filed

by Andover Health Consulting Group LLC. Action: diversity-breach of contract. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv-08151JFK.

BJ’s Cargo Express Corp. Filed by Santiago Corniel. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Jordi Jill Jaffe.

Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv-08126-ALC.

Indian Harbor Insurance Co. Filed

by Tellepsen Corp. Action: diversitybreach of contract. Attorneys: Mason Adams Barney and Jeremy McGuire King. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv08152-VEC.

Compass Group USA Inc. Filed by Cesar Terrero. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorneys: Jodi Jill Jaffe, Craig R. Benson and Sarah Elyse Moss. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv-08129-JMF.

J & C Top Fashion Inc. Filed by Rosa Guaman. Action: denial of overtime compensation. Attorneys: Lloyd Robert Ambinder and Leonor Hidalgo Coyle.

Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv-08143-GBD. Max Sales Group Inc. Filed by Home Essentials and Beyond Inc. Action: trademark infringement. Attorney: Martin Brian Pavane. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv-08142-KPF.

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Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

Prime Case Funding LLC. Filed by Pegasus Legal Funding LLC. Action: notice of removal. Attorney: Jonathan S. Sack. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv08146-VEC. Rye City Police Department. Filed

by Alan Kachalsky. Action: 1983 Civil Rights Act. No listed attorney. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 7:14-cv-08154-KMK. St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital. Filed

by Andrea Colombo. Action: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney: Stephen Bergstein. Filed: Oct. 9.

Case no. 7:14-cv-08148-KMK.

ON THE RECORD

Taro Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. Filed by Braintree Laboratories Inc. Action: patent infringement. Attorney: Christopher Ronald Noyes. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no. 1:14-cv-08147-UA.

A and R Custom Homes LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Patricia A. Lawlor, et al, Yonkers. Property: 28 Rudolph Terrace, Yonkers. Amount: $155,000. Filed Oct. 14.

Ruscan Tavern Inc., Tarrytown.

Seller: Sherwin Cepin, et al, Tarrytown. Property: 224 Beekman Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $240,000.

Filed Oct. 14.

Travelers Property Casualty Company of America. Filed by Brownstone Agency Inc. Action: diversityinsurance contract. Attorney: Wystan M. Ackerman. Filed: Oct. 9. Case no.

1:14-cv-08140-LTS.

Abruzzi 7 LLC, Port Chester. Seller: Rocco Scappatura, Rye Brook. Property: 106 Prospect St., Rye. Amount: $425,000. Filed Oct. 8.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Carla Driansky Glassman, White Plains. Property: 250 S. First Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $300,000. Filed Oct. 8.

Aris Associates LLC, Mount Vernon.

Seller: 22 Vernon LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 22 S. Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $710,000. Filed Oct. 8.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Jo-Ann A. Feeney, White Plains. Property: 247 Watch Hill Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $277,200.

Filed Oct. 14.

Ballymote Realty Inc., Yonkers. Seller: Joseph Rossini, et al, Mount Vernon.

Property: 15 Hildreth Place, Yonkers.

Amount: $255,000. Filed Oct. 8.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John N. Romano, Yonkers. Property: 28 Ashburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $756,018. Filed Oct. 14.

BCD Property Group LLC, White Plains. Seller: Sandor Borsiczky, White Plains. Property: 9-11 Edna St., White Plains. Amount: $40,000. Filed Oct. 8.

Zappico Hardscrabble Hill LLC, Hawthorne. Seller: Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc., New York City. Property: Hardscrabble Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $122,244. Filed Oct. 8.

WHITE PLAINS, 103 Pomander Drive. Single-family residence; .18 acre. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Sheldon May & Associates, 516-763-3200; 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre. Defendant: Stephen Zaccagnino. Referee: Gerald Geist. Sale: Oct. 22, 12 p.m. Approximate lien: $376,973.94.

FORECLOSURES

JUDGMENTS

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, 9 Country Club Lane North. Single-family residence; .07 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC; 25 Northpointe Parkway, Amherst. Defendant: Marcelo Poguio. Referee: David Peck.

Sale: Oct. 22, 9:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $940,353.64.

Dekomer Design USA LLC, Elmsford. $5,362 in favor of the trustees of the Marble Industry, New York City.

Filed Oct. 6.

HARTSDALE, 301 The Colony.

Apartments; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: One West Bank FSB. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Stein, Wiener & Roth, 516-742-1212; 1 Old Country Road, Suite 113, Carle Place.

Defendant: Everett Jones. Referee: Edmund Fitzgerald. Sale: Oct. 23, 10 a.m.

Approximate lien: $376,973.94.

WJL Equities Corp., Eastchester. $66,385 in favor of Westchester Putnam Counties Laborers Local Union No. 60 Fringe Benefits Funds Board of Trustees, Hawthorne. Filed Oct. 9.

Yoobi LLC. Filed by Poppin Inc. Action: trademark infringement. Attorney: Tonia Maria Ouellette Klausner.

Filed: Oct. 10. Case no. 1:14-cv-08149-VM.

DEEDS Above $1 million 1060 Bayhead LLC, Rye. Seller: Leigh M. Garry, Mamaroneck. Property: 1060 Bay Head, Mamaroneck. Amount: $7.6 million. Filed Oct. 8.

20 Claremont Associates LLC, Rye. Seller: Alan M. Shear, et al, Rye. Property: 20 Claremont Ave., Rye. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 8.

510 Fifth Pelham LLC, Elmsford.

Seller: HSL Realty LLC, Pelham. Property: 510 Fifth Ave., Pelham. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Oct. 8.

Casa Zeta LLC, Los Angeles, Calif.

Seller: Jatinder Dhall, Bedford Hills.

Property: 44 W. Patent Road, Bedford.

Amount: $11.2 million. Filed Oct. 9.

BCD Property Group LLC, White Plains. Seller: Sandor Borsiczky, White Plains. Property: 15 Edna St., White Plains. Amount: $399,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc., New York City. Seller: Zappico Hardscrabble Hill LLC, Hawthorne. Property: Hardscrabble Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $82,164. Filed Oct. 8.

Edson Avenue Development LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Mernel Spencer, Mount Vernon. Property: 142 S. 13th Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $125,000.

Filed Oct. 14.

Elk Homes Partners II LP, Rye. Seller: Robert M. Rispoli, et al, Rye. Property: 28 Colby Ave., Rye. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 8.

Entry Holding Corp., New York City.

Seller: The Strait Gate Church Inc., Mamaroneck. Property: 120 Madison Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $832,633. Filed Oct. 10.

JAF Builders Corp., Scarsdale. Seller: Patricia Bainton, Larchmont. Property: 42 Villa Road, Mamaroneck. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 8.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Paul Millman, White Plains. Property: 45 Oliver Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $222,465. Filed Oct. 10.

S and S Jerome Realty Inc., Bronx.

Seller: Kamp Associates LLC, Eastchester. Property: 271 Main St., Eastchester.

Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Oct. 14.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Thomas Simeti, Nanuet.

Property: 1069 Washington Ave., Pelham. Amount: $554,983. Filed Oct. 10.

Below $1 million 130 Beech Property Corp., Yonkers.

Seller: 130 Beech Street Realty Inc., Yonkers. Property: 130 Beech St., Yonkers.

Amount: $425,000. Filed Oct. 10.

231 South Highland Realty Corp., Briarcliff. Seller: David and Andrew Realty Corp., Dobbs Ferry. Property: 231 ½ S. Highland Ave., Ossining. Amount: $750,000. Filed Oct. 14.

35 John Aldon LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Ricardo U. Vargas, et al, New Rochelle.

Property: 35 John Alden Road, New Rochelle. Amount: $700,000. Filed Oct. 14.

97 Caryl Realty LLC, Yonkers. Seller: PMN Properties LLC, Yonkers. Property: 645 Van Cortlandt Park Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $792,500. Filed Oct. 14.

New York Community Bank.

Seller: David G. Gallo, Armonk. Property: 34 Saddle Ridge Road, New Castle.

Amount: $633,666. Filed Oct. 9.

Park Street Ame Zion Church, Peekskill. Seller: Lila M. Bynum, et al.

Property: 1813 and 1811 Crompond Road, Peekskill. Amount: $360,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

Pleasant Properties LLC, Bronx.

Seller: Arthur J. Gressel, et al, Armonk.

1 Gressel Place, North Castle. Amount: $475,000. Filed Oct. 8.

RIY Investors Corp., Yonkers. Seller: Phyllis Moschetta, et al, Yonkers.

Property: 633 Mclean Ave., Yonkers.

Amount: $428,000. Filed Oct. 10.

MOHEGAN LAKE, 1691 Lawrence Road. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill.

Defendant: Christine Huntemann. Referee: Daniel Pagano. Sale: Oct. 28, 9 a.m.

Approximate lien: $490,595.00.

MOUNT VERNON, 124 Valentine St. Apartments; .11 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC; 25 Northpointe Parkway, Amherst. Defendant: Vivalin Baldeo. Referee: Lynn Maier.

Sale: Oct. 29; 9:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $451,484.32.

OSSINING, 20 Independence Place. Single-family residence; 108 x 27. Plaintiff: PNC Bank. Plaintiff ’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 914-636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New Rochelle. Defendant: Pablo Arce. Referee: John Perone. Sale: Oct. 21, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $193,062.64.

PORT CHESTER, 5 Jenna Way aka 16 West St., Unit E. Single-family residence; 18 x 34. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC; 25 Northpointe Parkway, Amherst. Defendant: Johanna Kmetz. Referee: Michele Bermel.

Sale: Oct. 23, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $610,900.62.

PORT CHESTER, 225 Madison Ave. Two-family; .13 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC; 25 Northpointe Parkway, Amherst. Defendant: Jamie Leiva. Referee: Lisa Goldman. Sale: Oct. 23, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $631,325.74.

North River Hospitality Group Inc., Briarcliff Manor. $8,517 in favor of the Town and Country Oil Corp., Mount Vernon. Filed Oct. 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.

440 North Avenue Owners Corp., et al. Filed by Wilshire Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 440 North Ave., New Rochelle.

Filed March 4.

Allison, Paul, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $476,500 affecting property located at 549 Willett Ave., Port Chester 10573.

Filed March 3.

Boccarossa, Jennifer M., et al. Filed

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $245,000 affecting property located at 26 W. Glen Ave., Port Chester. Filed March 4.

Brown, Myrtle, et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $290,319 affecting property located at 66 Hamilton Ave., New Rochelle 10801.

Filed March 4.

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NEWSMAKERS [PLUS AWARDS AND EVENTS] NEW ROCHELLE CHAMBER HONORS FOUR WOMEN Alisa H. Kesten, a long time New Rochelle resident and community activist, was the recipient of the Muriel Zaukas Woman of Outstanding Achievement Award presented by the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce at the 12th annual Women of Excellence Dinner.

“This year the chamber is proud of its four honorees, Alisa Kesten, Jackie Agudelo, Amy Parise and Maria Jose. These women all demonstrate an extraordinary amount of outreach, especially in the New Rochelle community. Each in her own right helps people in a unique way and have touched many lives.

We thank them and it gives us great pleasure to reward them at our annual Women of Excellence dinner,” said Jennifer Lanser, director of marketing and communications for the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce.

Since January 2010, Kesten has been the executive director of Volunteer New York. Her involvement with the organization (formerly known as The Volunteer Center of United Way) began in 2005, fi rst as a graduate of Leadership Westchester, then as a board member and chairwoman of the board, until becoming the executive director.

Originally from Cartersville, Georgia, Keston moved to New Rochelle with her husband, Ted, in 1985. She has an extensive background in nonprofit and volunteer management and communications as well as in early childhood education, receiving her Master of Science degree in early childhood education from The College of New Rochelle. Formerly she was the senior director for Douglas Gould & Co., a communications firm for nonprofit clients and a kindergar-

NEW VP AT IVI INTERNATIONAL ten teacher at Beth El Synagogue’s Nursery School for nearly a decade. She has also managed many successful Westchester County and regional election campaigns, has worked in the public affairs department of Bankers Trust Co. and was a political analyst for the American Jewish Committee.

Keston is a board member and the past president of the New Rochelle Public Library Foundation, a member of the Westchester Senior Housing and Services Coalition, member of the marketing and membership committees of NonProfit Westchester, founding member of the Women’s Leadership Council of United Way of Westchester and Putnam, and member of the advisory board for Manhattanville School of Business for its certificate in nonprofit management.

Randall Ward has been hired as vice president for national agency accounts by IVI International Inc., a construction-risk management and due-diligence consultancy.

In his new role, Ward will serve as a liaison between IVI’s architects and engineers and Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and agency lenders and brokers. He’ll consult with them on the due-diligence services being provided by IVI and work to ensure that any architectural or engineering concerns are addressed.

Ward has 30 years of industry experience, including 15 years of commercial real estate due-diligence experience and was most recently a national practice leader at Nova Consulting Group. While at Nova he reviewed property condition assessments with an emphasis

on standards related to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Ward will be based in Salt Lake City, where he will support IVI’s national agency and equity PCA platform as well as sustaining its Western region assessment services.

ATTORNEY NAMED TO ARC OF U.S. BOARD WARTBURG ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS At its recent annual meeting, new board members were elected to Wartburg, a provider of comprehensive senior services in Westchester, and to Wartburg’s foundation, the board that manages Wartburg’s endowment fund.

Nicholas Cicchetti, assistant superintendent of the board of water supply, city of Mount Vernon, was elected the new chairman of the foundation board. He had been vice chair of the foundation for more than two years.

“After spending 10 years on the board of directors of Wartburg, I am honored and humbled to become chairman of the foundation and look forward to working with my colleagues on the foundation board to continue to move forward the mission of the Wartburg,” said Cicchetti.

“We are delighted to have Mr. Cicchetti and several other new board members join Wartburg’s

board as we transition from a campus destination to a home and community-based service provider throughout this region,” said David Gentner, president and CEO of Wartburg.

Robert Ranieri, of New Canaan, Conn., and a senior vice president and managing director of NorthMarq Capital in White Plains, was voted to the board.

“I am honored to serve on the Wartburg board. As a real estate professional, I understand the importance of providing affordable housing and health care to the elderly. My mother is a resident of the Friedrichs Residence on campus,” Ranieri said. “I am impressed with the management of Wartburg and I am excited to work with the board.”

Michael Holden, former managing director, private bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York City

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and past chief operating officer of GenSpring Family Offices, a Greenwich, Conn., wealth management firm, was also voted onto the board.

“I am honored to join the distinguished board of the Wartburg and look forward to making a meaningful contribution to the immensely important work of this remarkable institution,” Holden said.

John D. Del Bene, of Katonah, joined the foundation board earlier this summer. He is president and CEO of JVD Industries Ltd, a heavy highway and utility company in Mount Vernon, which he founded in 1990.

“It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I accept the appointment to the foundation board of the Wartburg. I look forward to working with my fellow board members and Mr. Gentner to further the mission of this wonderful facility,” Del Bene said.

Sheryl Frishman, of counsel to Littman Krooks LLP, was named to the board of directors of The Arc of the U.S., a national advocacy organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. The Arc provides an array of services and support for families and individuals through 140,000 members and 700 state and local chapters nationwide. Its belief is that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are entitled to the rights afforded every American.

Frishman is an active member of numerous organizations in the disability and legal community and has been instrumental in develop-

ing programs in the Hudson Valley for people with disabilities and their families.

“I am excited to be able to help build a better world for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families on a national level,” Frishman said.

The law firm of Littman Krooks maintains a strong reputation in the special needs community. The firm’s founding partner and current president of the board of directors of The Arc of Westchester, Bernard A. Krooks, said, “Sheryl is an outstanding asset to the firm and to the disability community. We are extremely proud of her.”

DATES FOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR YMCA OCT. 24

Geraldine Brown

David E. Chong

CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION NAMES VICE PRESIDENT MaryLou Pagano has joined the St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation as its vice president of institutional advancement, a newly created role in its continuum of care, which includes the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, the John A. Coleman School and the Children’s Rehabilitation Center.

With a background in sociology and business management, as well as nearly 30 years of fundraising experience, Pagano has spent her entire career working for not-for-profit organizations with ties to the Catholic community, beginning with her first job in the development office for the Archdiocese of New York. “I’ve always had an affinity toward Catholic organi-

zations,” Pagano said. Most recently, she spent the last six years as the director of alumni relations at Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle.

It was her experience working at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, however, that introduced Pagano to the health care industry — a connection that would later prove to be a motivating factor for her move to the St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation. “This mission of the Sisters — to help those who are marginalized and those who need assistance the most — is something that really speaks to me. That’s why when the opportunity to work at the St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation came along I just knew I had to be a part of it.”

ing programs and special events to support nonprofits and has a proven track record in interactions with major corporations to acquire multiyear sponsorships. He is the former development director of the Food Bank for Westchester and the executive officer of the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce..

Mark Iannucci of Croton-onHudson is the recently retired battalion chief of the Yonkers Fire Department, where he managed the operations of the city’s 455-member force. As a community leader, Iannucci has been on the board of the Yorktown Republican Town Committee and on the board of Half Moon Bay condominium.

“We are delighted to welcome these four talented and respected members of our community to the association board,” Rubino said.

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AS PART OF CULTURAL KATONAH FALL IS FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM, John Jay Homestead State Historic Site, along with Westmoreland Sanctuary, will host a Harvest Festival.

The program at John Jay Homestead will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The program will include cider-pressing, making a traditional God’s eye craft from yarn and twigs and pumpkin decorating. Admission for activities is free. John Jay is at 400 Route 22, Katonah.

NOV. 8

David E. Chong, a resident of White Plains, is the current public safety commissioner for the city of White Plains. He is in charge of overall operations for the largest department in the city. Chong holds an associate degree in business marketing and finance from Queensborough Community College, a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from John Jay College and a master’s degree in public administration from Marist College. He has received more than 119 awards and medals and was honored with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2007 Excellence in Leadership award.

Eli Gordon, a resident of White Plains, has more than 20 years’ experience in nonprofit management. A graduate of the University of Bridgeport with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, Gordon has developed highly successful fundrais-

Mark Iannucci

OCT. 25

YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester President and CEO Cynthia Rubino announced the election of businessmen and women to the board class of 2014 of the YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester Association Board of Governors.

Geraldine Brown is a self-employed marketing and management consultant with 20 years of experience in the retail and shopping center industries. Brown has covered many markets throughout the nation as director of marketing, regional vice president, vice president and marketing consultant in the commercial marketing field, most recently at Ridge Hill in Yonkers. A Westchester native, Brown is a graduate of Berkeley College with a degree in fashion marketing and retail management and was awarded Alumni of the Year in 1989 and 2001.

Eli Gordon

Two luminaries will be honored at the ANDRUS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT BENEFIT at the Westchester Country Club, 99 Biltmore Ave. in Rye, from 6 to 10 p.m. Honoree Andrew Malcolm a 1948 graduate of Andrus, annually makes a sixhour Santa Claus-inspired pilgrimage from Rochester to Yonkers to distribute presents to the children and give back to the organization that he credits with transforming his life. Honoree Dan Bena has spent decades advocating for children through his sustainable development and operations outreach work for PepsiCo Global Operations. Tickets are $450; sponsorships begin at $1,200. For more information, call Judy Wood at 914965-3700, ext. 1318.

THE SYMPHONY OF WESTCHESTER, FEATURING CONCERTMASTER ALEX ABAYEV, will open its 18th concert season at Iona College at 8 p.m.

In addition to being the symphony’s concertmaster, Abayev performs as a soloist and chamber musician in the U.S. and abroad. All concerts are at Iona’s Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium, 715 North Ave., New Rochelle.

Ticket prices are $50 general admission, $35 seniors (65+) and $15 students. Online ticketing is available at thesymphonyof westchester.org.

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FACTS & FIGURES Bruce, Cathleen R., individually and as executrix of the estate of Annabelle McGee, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 90 Clinton Ave., New Rochelle 10801. Filed March 3.

Buzanski, Danielle, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 51 Pine Ave., Ossining 1562.

Filed March 4.

Cassidy, Thomas F., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $40,000 affecting property located at 26 First St., Yonkers 10704. Filed March 3.

Cerna, Emilio, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $504,000 affecting property located at 190 Washington St., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed March 4.

Ciampanelli, Louis M., et al. Filed by Hudson City Savings Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 1 Nelson Road, Scarsdale 10583.

Filed March 4.

Clark, Lowman J., et al. Filed by MidFirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $156,391 affecting property located at 122 S. 11th Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed March 3.

Farrison, Mandi E., et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $294,500 affecting property located at 39 Oak St., Port Chester 10573. Filed March 3.

Forero, Ricardo, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 3 Marble Place, Ossining 10562.

Filed March 3.

Galea, Joseph F., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $212,000 affecting property located at 55 Putnam Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567.

Filed March 3.

Gooding. Conrad, et al. Filed by Chase Home Finance LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $205,000 affecting property located at 11 Granada Crescent, Unit 11-6, White Plains 10603. Filed March 4.

Hinostroza, Marina, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $392,000 affecting property located at 239 Battle Ave., White Plains 10606.

Filed March 4.

Kuszel, Lynn Szabo, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 99 Pondview Lane, New Rochelle 10804. Filed March 4.

Melvin, Fitzroy, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $219,233 affecting property located at 414 Union Ave., Mount Vernon 10550.

Filed March 4.

Mercado, Ana, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $484,000 affecting property located at 44 Wingate Road, Yonkers 10701. Filed March 3.

Samsky, Lawrence E., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 74 Hillandale Drive, New Rochelle 10804. Filed March 3.

Saw Mill Donedeal Development LLC, et al. Filed by Dominion Financial Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $450,000 affecting property located at 258 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne. Filed March 4.

Tenezaca, Guido P., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $288,000 affecting property located at 915 Frost Court, Peekskill 10566. Filed March 4.

Thomas, Jaimon, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $305,210 affecting property located at 23 Chestnut St., Yonkers 10701. Filed March 4.

Troy, Anthony T., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,000 affecting property located at 1497 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers 10703. Filed March 3.

Unknown heirs of the estate of Carol Ann Galluzzo, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $772,500 affecting property located at 39 Park Ridge Ave., New Rochelle 10805. Filed March 3.

Verro, Mario S., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $544,185 affecting property located at 203 Millington Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed March 3.

Wasilesky, Edward Jr., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 4 Old Salem Center Road, North Salem 10560. Filed March 3.

Landing on Mohegan Lake, as owner. $99,701 as claimed by Colinas General Painting LLC, New York City.

Property: in Yorktown. Filed Oct. 6.

Save Mart Service Stations Inc., as owner. $1,200 as claimed by New York Corp., Thornwood. Property: in Mount Pleasant. Filed Oct. 9.

Tomassetti, Jeffrey, as owner. $1,750 as claimed by TWP Plumbing and Heating Inc., Larchmont. Property: in Mamaroneck. Filed Oct. 8.

Viola, Frank, as owner. $18,500 as claimed by Metro Green LLC, Mount Vernon. Property: in Mount Pleasant.

Filed Oct. 6.

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

Doing Business As Finn Tavern Corp., d.b.a. Finn Tavern, 152 Route 202, Somers 10589. Filed June 10.

Joe 78 Inc., d.b.a. Pie Eyed, 39 Chestnut St., Dobbs Ferry 10522. Filed June 10.

Joe 78 Inc., d.b.a. The Pizza Parlor, 39 Chestnut St., Dobbs Ferry 10522.

Filed June 10.

La Super Comena Corp., d.b.a. La Colmena II Grocery Meat, 94 W. Post Road, White Plains 10606. Filed June 10.

Rauch Industries Inc., d.b.a. EverGreen Seasons, 1 Bridge St., No. 55, Irvington 10533. Filed June 10.

River View Grill Inc., d.b.a. The River Grill, 222 Beekman Ave., Sleepy Hollow 10591. Filed June 10.

TFJP Inc., d.b.a. Double RR Que, 2 Pelham Road, New Rochelle 10801.

Filed June 10.

Sole Proprietorships ACT Now Limo 3, P.O. Box 26, Mohegan Lake 10547, c/o Santos Reyes. Filed June 10.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

ACT Now Limo 4, P.O. Box 26, Mohegan Lake 10547, c/o John Carlin. Filed June 10.

550 Mamaroneck Ave Associates LLC, as owner. $582 as claimed by Long Island Pipe Supply Inc. Property: in Harrison. Filed Oct. 9.

Ambrosio Home Improvements, 139 Haseco Ave., Port Chester 10573, c/o Ricardo Ambrosio. Filed June 10.

Ausch, Debbie, et al, as owner. $1,400 as claimed by TWP Plumbing and Heating Inc., Larchmont. Property: in Mamaroneck. Filed Oct. 8.

Castle Port Chester LLC, as owner. $11,950 as claimed by B and B Sheet Metal Inc., Long Island. Property: in Rye. Filed Oct. 9.

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Axis Multimedia, 125 Northmore Drive, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Michael J. Pezzello. Filed June 10.

Capital Strate�y, 58D Heritage Hills, Somers 10589, c/o Curt Schultzberg.

Filed June 10.

Dream Fitness, 61 N. Greeley Ave., Apt. 7, Chappaqua 10514, c/o Shahidah Ansari. Filed June 10.

Hermon Construction, 11 Arbor St., Yonkers 10701, c/o Roberto Armando Honroy Hernandez. Filed June 10.

ITSS Consulting and Integration, 58 Mount Joy Place, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Hafida Chtioui. Filed June 10.

K and M Billing Services, 23 Cynthia Road, Cortlandt Manor, c/o Elizabeth A. Toohey. Filed June 10.

Miguel Calderon Home Improvements, 312 Union Ave., Apt. 3, Peekskill 10566, c/o Miguel Calderon. Filed June 10.

PJR Professional Services, 20 N. Broadway, Apt. J145, White Plains 10601, c/o Peter John Rucci. Filed June 10.

Yarn to Label, 5 Munson St., Croton-on-Hudson 10520, c/o Leslie Asch. Filed June 10.

PATENTS The following patents were issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. Compilation and placement of instructions in a memory system. Patent no. 8,863,099 issued to Tong Chen, Yorktown Heights; John K. O’Brien, South Salem; and Zehra Sura, Yorktown Heights. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Estimating migration costs for migrating logical partitions within a virtualized computing environment based on a migration cost history. Patent no. 8,863,141 issued to Kevin J. Cawlfield, Austin, Texas; Chang W. Chen, Austin, Texas; Mitchell P. Harding, Austin, Texas; Michael C. Hollinger, Round Rock, Texas; and Michael R. Reddock, Jersey City, N.J. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Fake check-in entries posted on behalf of social network users. Patent no. 8,863,090 issued to Nicholas Dayl Bingell, Raleigh, N.C.; Erich Paul Hoppe, Raleigh, N.C.; Andrew Ivory, Wake Forest, N.C.; and David Michael Stecher, Durham, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Framework for a software error inject tool. Patent no. 8,863,094 issued to Cheng-Chung Song, Tucson, Ariz. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Grid security intrusion detection configuration mechanism. Patent no. 8,863,278 issued to Ramesh V. Chitor, Fremont, Calif.; Sebnem Jaji, Flower Mound, Texas; Nam S. Keung, Austin, Texas; Michel P. Riviere, Millbrae, Calif.; and Christopher J. Strauss, Trabuco Canyon, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Method and apparatus to autologin to a browser application launched from an authenticated client application.

Patent no.

8,863,248 issued to David Mark Wendt, Cary, N.C.; and Joseph Kubik, Cary, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Method and system for assembling information-processing applications based on declarative semantic specifications. Patent no.

8,863,102 issued to Mark D. Feblowitz, Winchester, Mass.; Nagui Halim, Yorktown Heights; Zhen Liu, Tarrytown; Anand Ranganathan, White Plains; and Anton V. Riabov, Ossining. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Predicting attacks based on probabilistic game-theory. Patent no.

8,863,293 issued to Mihai Christodorescu, Briarcliff Manor; Dmytro Korzhyk, Durham, N.C.; Reiner Sailer, Scarsdale; Douglas L. Schales, Ardsley; Marc Ph Stoecklin, Riverdale; and Ting Wang, Elmsford. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Recording and playback of system interactions in different system environments. Patent no. 8,863,095 issued to Sunil Bharadwaj, Portland, Ore.; and Martine B. Wedlake, Hillsboro, Ore. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Updating secure pre-boot firmware in a computing system in real time. Patent no. 8,863,109 issued to Nathan C. Skalsky, Durham, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million

Wainco Goshen 1031 LLC, et al, South Orange, N.J. Seller: M and G at Carriage Park LLC, Red Bank, N.J. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $10.5 million.

Filed Oct. 9.

Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc., Willow. Seller: The New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, White Plains. Property: in Marbletown. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed Oct. 6.

Below $1 million 354 Sheafe LLC, Wappingers Falls.

Seller: Jean O. Miller, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: 6 Husky Hill Road, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $90,000. Filed Oct. 8.

50 Abeel Street Corp., Kingston. Seller: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $200,000.

Filed Oct. 6.

Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Pompano Beach, Fla. Seller: Alice Kitson, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $161,500. Filed Oct. 3.

Botrac Properties LLC, Wallkill.

Seller: Jennifer E. Lane, et al, Gulfport, Fla. Property: in Cornwall. Amount: $40,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Boulder Ventures LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: Mayer Gross, Monroe. Property: 19 Fillmore Court, Unit S001, Monroe.

Amount: $140,000. Filed Oct. 8.

Champion Properties Inc., Hyde Park. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Property: 30 W. Arnold St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $60,500.

Filed Oct. 3.

Beacon Lofts and Storage LLC, as owner. Lender: Riverside Bank. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $13.5 million.

Filed Oct. 7.

Davies-Opara LLC, Stamford, Conn.

Seller: Raymond Gibney, Keansburg, N.J. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $65,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Below $1 million

Deer Ridge Realty LLC, Milan. Seller: Joyce A. Zitz, Stanfordville. Property: in Stanford. Amount: $130,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Congregation Chabad Dutchess Inc., as owner. Lender: Catskill Hudson Bank. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $450,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Lanwin Forest Ridge LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson, as owner. Lender: Walkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association. Property: 13 Copper Rock Road, Walden. Amount: $377,297.

Filed Oct. 7.

Mid Hudson Development Corp., d.b.a. Mid Hudson Holdings LLC, as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $415,000.

Filed Sept. 15.

DEEDS Above $1 million Vassar Brothers Hospital, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Carr Enterprises Inc., Stuart, Fla. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Oct. 3.

DMAJS Associates LLC, Rhinebeck.

Seller: Red Hook Associates LLC, Larchmont. Property: in Red Hook.

Amount: $85,000. Filed Oct. 2.

EFN Enterprises Inc., Kingston. Seller: Sally Guercio, Hyde Park. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 8.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: John E. Bach Jr., Goshen.

Property: 36 Mid Oaks St., Monroe 10950. Amount: $423,529. Filed Oct. 10.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Juliana LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 5 Poplar St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $47,722. Filed Oct. 10.

Fracasse Realty LLC, Newburgh.

Seller: David L. Jadidian, Great Neck.

Property: 83 Nicoll St., Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $42,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Frog Leap Inc., Beacon. Seller: Flip Side LLC, Chappaqua. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $700,000. Filed Oct. 6.

FACTS & FIGURES Goshen Stagecoach Properties LLC, Warwick. Seller: Barbara George, et al, Goshen. Property: in Goshen.

Amount: $670,000. Filed Oct. 8.

RBS Citizens N.A. Seller: Mary Zugibe-Raleigh, Warwick. Property: 6 Van Ness Road, Beacon 12508. Amount: $467,500. Filed Oct. 6.

HDW Cornwall LLC, Bronxville.

Seller: Peter Botti, Goshen. Property: 2439 Route 32, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Amount: $88,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Robert Street Holding LLC, Bayonne, N.J. Seller: Gina Realty Inc., White Plains. Property: in Middletown.

Amount: $100,000. Filed Oct. 8.

Heet LLC, Rock Hill. Seller: Daniel Russo, et al, Monticello. Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $120,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Royal Management NY LLC, Monroe. Seller: Lakshmi N. Vohra, Middletown. Property: in Middletown.

Amount: $170,000. Filed Oct. 9.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Elizabeth P. Wang, Beacon. Property: 22 Heaney Drive, Beacon 12508. Amount: $227,000. Filed Oct. 3.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Gary M. Schuster, Walden. Property: 34 Parkway, Goshen 10924. Amount: $170,000.

Filed Oct. 9.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Vincent J. Catalano, Poughkeepsie. Property: 16 Prospect St., Wappingers Falls 12590.

Amount: $319,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Barry Howard Friedman, Poughkeepsie.

Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $74,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Edward C. Bruno, Pine Bush. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $252,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Silver Line Acquisitions LLC, Highland. Seller: Hooker 11 LLC, Pleasantville. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $35,500. Filed Oct. 2.

SRMOF II 2012-1 Trust. Seller: John C. Cappello, Walden. Property: 4 Stone Pine Lane, Wingdale 12594. Amount: $218,500. Filed Oct. 8.

SW Golden Pond Partners Corp., Central Valley. Seller: Michael D. Merriman. Property: 3, 5, and 7 Route 105, Woodbury. Amount: $120,000. Filed Oct. 10.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Chris Frazer, et al, Port Jervis. Property: 8 Washington Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $53,550.

Filed Oct. 7.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Chris Frazer, et al, Port Jervis. Property: 8 Washington Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $53,550.

Filed Oct. 7.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Jack Schachner, Pleasant Valley. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $233,000. Filed Oct. 3.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Horace McArthur, Goshen. Property: 27 City Terrace, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $121,500.

Filed Oct. 10.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Leslie Baum, Walden. Property: in LaGrange.

Amount: $345,000. Filed Oct. 3.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Nicholas M. Amaro, Port Jervis. Property: 19 N. Maple Ave., Port Jervis. Amount: $176,000.

Filed Oct. 7.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Robert P. Ianelli, Fishkill. Property: in Wappinger.

Amount: $254,500. Filed Oct. 8.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Richard J. Crook, et al, Marlboro. Property: 11 West St., Marlboro 12542. Amount: $180,989.

Filed Oct. 8.

K and S Westtown Fare LLC, Westtown. Seller: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Fla. Amount: $129,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Van Alstyne Real Estate One LLC, Chestnut Ridge. Seller: Winnworld LLC, Middletown. Property: in Middletown.

Amount: $98,000. Filed Oct. 7.

La Kingston Inc., Lake Katrine. Seller: William J. Glennon, Port Ewen. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $90,000.

Filed Oct. 9.

Village of Wappingers Falls, Wappingers Falls. Seller: John Sokol, et al, Poughquag. Property: in Wappingers Falls. Amount: $35,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Millpond Management Inc., Cornwall-on-Hudson. Seller: Paul Brite, Newburgh. Property: 167 Shaw Road, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $181,145.

Filed Oct. 10.

Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc., Wallkill.

Seller: Arthur J. Laurent, et al, Southfields. Property: in Tuxedo. Amount: $320,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Olivia Quality Homes LLC, Highland Falls. Seller: Frances G. Hoag, Highland Falls. Property: in Highlands. Amount: $125,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Michael D. Kranis, Poughkeepsie. Property: 30 Merry Hill Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $399,500. Filed Oct. 8.

P and L Enterprises of Dutchess County LLC, Hopewell Junction.

Seller: Richard Bikowicz, St. Lucie, Fla. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Rhett Weires, New Paltz. Property: 901 S. Plank Road, Slate Hill 10973. Amount: $481,968. Filed Oct. 10.

RBS Citizens N.A. Seller: Mary Zugibe-Raleigh, Warwick. Property: 6 Van Ness Road, Beacon 12508. Amount: $467,500. Filed Oct. 6.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, West Palm Beach, Fla. Seller: Elizabeth P. Wang, Poughkeepsie. Property: 136 Winnikee Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Amount: $250,500. Filed Oct. 2.

JUDGMENTS 2 XL Enterprise Ltd., Warwick. $200 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 17.

5L Enterprises Inc., Middletown. $20,705 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany.

Filed July 14.

AB Auto Repair and Used Tire Sale, Newburgh. $3,268 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 7.

Aces Property Management Inc., Middletown. $104 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 7.

All Service Pest Management Inc., Pine Bush. $1,353 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

ALX Painting Inc., Middletown. $108 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 17.

American Design Institute LLC, Port Jervis. $135 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 17.

B and H Electronics Corp., Monroe. $533 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 17.

Bancroft Ventures Inc., Newburgh. $2,694 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed July 18.

Benny Arenas Inc., Newburgh. $618 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 11.

BM of Wallkill Inc., Montgomery. $10,368 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany.

Filed July 14.

C and C Hauling, Cornwall. $2,227 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 17.

Caputo’s Pizzeria, Middletown. $4,347 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Crystal View Glass Inc., Monroe. $695 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 7.

Donation Vehicle Program, Newburgh. $16,001 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

E and S Machine Inc., New Windsor. $2,630 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 7.

Goshen Foundry Ltd., Goshen. $206 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 7.

Handcrafted by Ken Lake LLC, Middletown. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 17.

Hollow Belly Corners Café Inc., Circleville. $1,478 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 17.

L and M of Warwick Inc., Warwick. $887 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Laraia’s Cheese Company Inc., New Windsor. $482 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 7.

Latino Foods Inc., Florida. $1,478 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 17.

River Rose Dry Dock LLC, d.b.a. River Rose Drydock, Newburgh. $9,649 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 11.

Amell, Raymond S., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 814 Peak Road, Stone Ridge 12484. Filed Oct. 6.

Rockland HVAC Inc., Monroe. $11,497 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 11.

Baer, Toni, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property located at 24 Washington Ave., Beacon 12508. Filed Oct. 2.

Sammy’s Deli and Grocery Store, Newburgh. $6,308 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany.

Filed July 14.

Scents By Kathy, Port Jervis. $150 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 7.

T and J’s Treasures Flea Market Store, New Windsor. $3,268 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 7.

M.I.J.S. Corp., Monroe. $724 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

The Aspen Group Inc., d.b.a. Aspen Personnel Services, Newburgh. $23,637 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed July 18.

Maintenance and Preservation LLC, Montgomery. $2,064 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 7.

The Right Choice NY Inc., Monroe. $324 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Mark D. Levy Horticultural Service LLC, New Windsor. $15,425 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 7.

Three Great Garagemen Corp., d.b.a. Great Garagemen, New Windsor. $2,144 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Mastertek Auto and Truck Repair Inc., Monroe. $365 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Milano Motors, Walden. $3,191 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 7.

Mountainville Construction Inc., Mountainville. $165 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

N.Y.C. Flair Fashions Inc., Newburgh. $6,137 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Norabel Inc., Goshen. $206 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Orange and Sullivan Enterprises Corp., Monroe. $2,833 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 7.

Pinnacle Telecom Services LLC, Newburgh. $1,120 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 17.

Platinum Mechanical LLC, Chester. $1,120 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed July 14.

Pool and Garden Depot LLC, Monroe. $9,177 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 17.

Two Brothers Hardscape Home Improvement Inc., Newburgh. $1,344 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany.

Filed July 18.

Westtown Chandelier Restoration Inc., Westtown. $791 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed July 18.

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

Abramshe, Richard Jr., executor of the estate of Donna L. Maynard, et al.

Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $152,000 affecting property located at 10 Millholland Drive, Unit E, Fishkill 12524. Filed Oct. 1.

Abu-Taha, Ibrahim S., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $190,000 affecting property located at 118 Harwich St., Kingston 12401. Filed Oct. 8.

Agunzo, Michael F., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $355,500 affecting property located at 4 Todd Hill Road, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Filed Sept. 16.

Balfe, Gale M., et al. Filed by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $204,250 affecting property located at 36 Frozen Ridge Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed April 10.

Banks, Danielle M., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,000 affecting property located at 331 Field Court, Marbletown 12484. Filed Oct. 8.

Barrett, Michael, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $184,518 affecting property located at 22 Center St., Beacon 12508. Filed Oct. 3.

Barroso, Laura E., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $196,481 affecting property located at 347 Verplanck Ave., Beacon 12508.

Filed Sept. 19.

Baskin, Jodi, et al. Filed by KeyBank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $53,500 affecting property located at 1668 Route 9, Unit 12D, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Sept. 17.

Boruch, Lesley H., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,000 affecting property located at 628 Creekside Lane, Fishkill 12524.

Filed Sept. 16.

Botterio, Vanessa R., et al. Filed by Fifth Third Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $163,483 affecting property located at 274 Hooker Ave., Unit C-5, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Sept. 22.

Boustani, Robert, et al. Filed by MERS. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $372,000 affecting property located at 8 Monday Lane, Fishkill 12524. Filed Sept. 18.

Bovo, Kenneth, et al. Filed by Sterling National Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 53 Road A, Cragsmoor 12420.

Filed Oct. 9.

Cacioppo, Ronald B., et al. Filed

by PFF Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 67 Colburn Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Filed Sept. 23.

Cappelletti, Christine, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $257,600 affecting property located at 11 Robin Road, Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed Sept. 24.

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NEWSMAKERS [PLUS AWARDS AND EVENTS]

MILLER CRAFT FAIR featuring photography, knitwear, jewelry, specialty foods, art, ceramics, floral, giftware, bath and body and direct sales vendors, at the Miller Middle School, 65 Fording Place Road, Lake Katrine from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is $3; all proceeds benefit students.

OCT. 27

WORLD OF SHOJO MANGA! Mirrors of Girls’ Desires, an extensive exhibition that explores the history of shojo manga, featuring more than 60 works dating from the 1950s to the present, will be on view through Nov. 21 at two locations in Poughkeepsie: the James W. Palmer Gallery in the Main Building at Vassar College and the Mildred I. Washington Gallery at Dutchess Community College. This exhibition is free open to the public. There will be an opening reception at Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery Oct. 29, 5 p.m. and at the Palmer Gallery Oct. 30, 5 p.m.

OCT. 29

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OCT. 25

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COUNTY EXECUTIVE MIKE HEIN is hosting a panel discussion at Gaby’s Café in Ellenville for the Spanish-speaking business community and those interested in starting a business. The event will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

From left, Jill Faber, attorney-in-charge, Poughkeepsie and Kingston offices; state Sen. Terry Gipson; and Barbara Finkelstein, CEO of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley.

Photo by Al Nowak, On Location Studios.

From left, Sherry Bukovcan, president of the Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce; town of Warwick Supervisor Michael Sweeton; chamber Executive Director Michael Johndrow; Warwick Mayor Michael Newhard; Florida Mayor James Pawliczek; and chamber board member Wayne Patterson.

State Sen. John Bonacic sponsored a resolution honoring Warwick for being recently named one of the “10 Best Weekend Getaway Options in the United States.”

StyleCaster, a national online social network, included Warwick on its best weekend getaway list.

The millions of people who visit its website at stylecaster.com and go to the affiliated website, The Vivant/Travel, will find a list of

the 10 best weekend getaway options in the United States.

The list, complete with photos and travel tips, includes popular destinations such as Laguna Beach, Calif.; Lake Geneva, Wis.; Palm Beach, Fla.; and Warwick.

All were selected for their scenic beauty and attractions as well as being within a reasonable driving distance from a major city.

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley honored Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley for its support at its first Dutchess Partners in Justice Reception on Oct. 2. Ninety guests joined staff and trustees of CFHV, elected officials, representatives of local law firms and nonprofit organizations and Legal Services’ staff and board members for the evening event, which was held at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie.

Proceeds from the event will support legal services work to save children from neglect, protect women from domestic violence, defend seniors against abuse, serve veterans on the home front, support the rights of the disabled and keep families in their homes.

For more information on Legal Services of the Hudson Valley’s work, visit lshv.org.

HEALTH QUEST ADDS TO ITS STAFF Nili Gujadhur has joined the Health Quest Medical Practice Division of Infectious Diseases in Poughkeepsie.

Gujadhur said, “I’m very excited for the opportunity to work with all of the exceptional medical professionals of Health Quest Medical Practice to better diagnose and treat infectious diseases. This is challenging work and I am extremely honored to become part of the team.”

Gujadhur has been in the Hudson Valley for the past 12 years. Her expertise is in hospital-based general infectious disease consultations with special interest in travel medicine, HIV, chronic hepatitis C and antibiotic stewardship.

Previously, she worked with Hudson Infectious Disease Associates in Briarcliff Manor where she oversaw the infection control program, was actively involved in protocol

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and guideline development and helped establish an antibiotic stewardship program.

Gujadhur received her medical degree from the University of Liverpool in England, completed her internal medicine residency at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., and completed her fellowship in infectious disease at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She is board-certified in infectious disease and internal medicine and is also certified by the American Academy of HIV Medicine.

NYSAR HONORS RHINEBECK AGENT The New York State Association of Realtors honored Rick Rielly of Rhinebeck as its Realtor of the Year during the association’s fall business meetings in Verona.

He is the 57th recipient of the award, which recognizes outstanding service to the organization at the local, state and national levels.

“Rick Rielly exemplifies the high standards that all New York State Realtors aspire to when serving their association, volunteering in their communities and conducting business,” said JP Endres, NYSAR president.

Rielly is an associate broker with Fraleigh & Rakow Realty LLC in Rhinebeck.

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FACTS & FIGURES Parrella, Stephen A., as executor of the estate of Florence Parrella, et al.

Filed by Champion Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $330,000 affecting property located at 19 Breezy Knoll Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed April 14.

Caputo, Ralph, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $435,000 affecting property located at 1315 Bulls Head Road, Clinton Corners 12514. Filed Sept. 23.

Ferguson, Angelina, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,500 affecting property located at 25 Cedar Lane, Wingdale 12594. Filed Sept. 24.

Catalano, Thomas, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $267,500 affecting property located at 19 Trails End, Hopewell Junction 12533.

Filed Sept. 23.

Ferrazzara, Stephen F., et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $400,000 affecting property located at 12 Bianca Blvd., Chester 10918. Filed April 14.

Ciampaglione, Lidia, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 29 Second Drive, Hyde Park 12538.

Filed Oct. 2.

Fitzgerald, Florentine A., et al.

Filed by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property located at 15 Lipton St., Kingston 12401. Filed Oct. 8.

Rios, Jose M., et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $265,000 affecting property located at 86 Grand Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed April 11.

VanSteenburg, Michelae, et al. Filed

by Emigrant Mortgage Company Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $135,000 affecting property located at 8252 Albany Post Road, Red Hook. Filed Sept. 18.

Craft, Gloria, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $413,000 affecting property located at 3 N. Hinterlands Drive, Rhinebeck 12572. Filed Sept. 24.

Gardner, Alan D., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property located at 94 Brown Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Sept. 23.

Rodriguez, William, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 274-276 E. Main St., Middletown 10940. Filed April 14.

Vargo, Matthew J., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $226,000 affecting property located at 26 Willis Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12520. Filed April 10.

Glenn, Sharon, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $207,000 affecting property located at 53 Beacon St., Newburgh 12550. Filed April 14.

Sajid, Alan, et al. Filed by MidFirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $322,059 affecting property located at 133 Coach Lane, Newburgh 12550. Filed April 14.

Walker, Gina, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Financial Credit Services New York Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,360 affecting property located at 2197 Route 9West, Lake Katrine 12449. Filed Oct. 9.

Gonzalez, Manfredie, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,000 affecting property located at 18 The Drive, Westtown 10998. Filed April 11.

Seelbach-Budd, Heidi, Dutchess county commissioner of finance, et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $442,500 affecting property located at 32 Fallkill Road, Hyde Park 12538. Filed Sept. 24.

Granton, Francis J., et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 2 Marc Terrace, Monroe. Filed April 14.

Seo, Seung, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $234,000 affecting property located at 58 Saint John St., Goshen 10924. Filed April 14.

West, Alfred J. Jr., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,200 affecting property located at 32 Parker Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed Sept. 19.

Neri, Giovanni, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1183 Main St., Fishkill 12524.

Filed Sept. 18.

The Lynx at River Bend Golf Club Inc., et al. Filed by The Dime Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $800,000 affecting property located at 87 Neversink Drive, Port Jervis 12771. Filed April 14.

Wintner, Michael D., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $24,800 affecting property located at 92 Osborne Hill Road, Apt. 5A, Fishkill 12524. Filed Sept. 22.

Thompson, Michael H., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $117,000 affecting property located at 59 Wait St., Walden 12586. Filed April 10.

Zanetich, Ronald, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $261,000 affecting property located at 79 Hudson Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed April 11.

Dahl, Loretta M., et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 13 Elm St., Middletown 10940. Filed April 10.

Dahlia, Carole, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $295,787 affecting property located at 170 Cedar Valley Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Oct. 1.

David, Robert, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $143,000 affecting property located at 37 Hilltop Drive, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Oct. 2.

Deruggiero, Roger, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $229,900 affecting property located at 302 Chelsea Cove South, Hopewell Junction 12533.

Filed Sept. 17.

Devins, Russell, et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $207,000 affecting property located at 125 Fishcreek Road, Saugerties 12477.

Filed Oct. 8.

Diaz, Elvin, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 40 Williams Ave., Newburgh 12550.

Filed April 14.

Dolson, John A., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,775 affecting property located at 330 Burlingham Road, Pine Bush 12566.

Filed April 14.

Eppel, Lois, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $229,497 affecting property located at 133 Sandal wood Lane, Unit 41A, Rhinebeck 12572.

Filed Oct. 3.

Nigro, Sandra J., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 25 N. Winterpark Drive, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Sept. 15.

One East Acad Place Realty LLC, et al. Filed by Flushing Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $292,500 affecting property located at 1 E. Academy Place, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Sept. 22.

Plaza, Julio E., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $344,100 affecting property located at 8 E. Salem Road, Fishkill 12524. Filed Sept. 22.

Tirelli, Dolores J., et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 521 Liberty Corners Road, Pine Island 10969. Filed April 11.

Palombo, Joseph, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $334,833 affecting property located at 6 Daisy Lane, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Filed Oct. 6.

Tiso, Ralph A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Financial Credit Services New York Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $229,840 affecting property located at 7801 Chelsea Cove North, Hopewell Junction 12533.

Filed Oct. 3.

Panarelli, Michael, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $118,400 affecting property located at 357 Ann St., Newburgh. Filed April 11.

Travers, Richard, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 18 Deer Run, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Sept. 29.

Treat, Bruce, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $119,370 affecting property located at 16 Glenn Ave., Amenia 12501. Filed Sept. 16.

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Turner, Theresa M., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 12 Center St., Marlboro 12542. Filed Oct. 6.

Unknown heirs of the estate of Joseph Cuchelo, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $462,000 affecting property located at 7 Hasbrouck Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Oct. 2.

Wallace, Donald L. Jr., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $201,487 affecting property located at 74 Western Ave., Marlboro 12542. Filed Oct. 7.

Poughkeepsie Galleria LLC, as owner. $18,434 as claimed by Crissey Architectural PC, Syracuse. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Filed Oct. 8.

Simon, Michael, et al, as owner. $9,500 as claimed by Lunati Builders Inc., New Paltz. Property: in East Fishkill. Filed Oct. 6.

Warwick 2012 LLC, Warwick, as owner. $50,409 as claimed by Wolberg Electrical Supply Company Inc., Albany. Property: 148 Route 94 South, Warwick 10990. Filed Oct. 10.

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

Doing Business As Greystone Endowment Inc., d.b.a.

Greystone Foundation, 36 Violet Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Feb. 19.

Partnerships Bomber Clothing Co., P.O. Box 307, Southfields, c/o Todd Sullivan and Leonidas Holdings LLC. Filed Feb. 11.

Dario and Terri’s Home Cooking, 17 Hall Line Drive, Highland Mills 10930, c/o ario Acevedo-Rose and Terri Rose.

Filed Feb. 11.

Los Taytas, 6 Cimorelli Drive, New Windsor 12553, c/o Herminio Castillo, Esteban Castillo, and Luis Hernandez.

Filed Feb. 14.

Glo, 64 Maverick Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o Deborah A. Dougan. Filed Oct. 8.

Head Over Paws, 47 Hull Ave., Clintondale 12515, c/o Stephanie M. Riley.

Filed Oct. 6.

Holistic Natural Medicine, 169 Main St., New Paltz 12561, c/o Erika Gabriello.

Filed Oct. 8.

JAG Productions, 618 Route 93, Slate Hill 10973, c/o Joseph Gattuso Jr. Filed Feb. 19.

Keystone Bodywork, 2356 Route 44/55, Gardiner 12525, c/o Scott R. Field.

Filed Oct. 7.

LeRose Supplies, 13 Dinev Road, No 103, Monroe, c/o Joel Rosenberg. Filed Feb. 18.

Lorart Associates, 21 Sunflower St., Middletown 10940, c/o Barry Smolin.

Filed Feb. 18.

LunaGrown, 150 Lakeview Drive, Cuddebackville 12729, c/o Christopher Wilson. Filed Feb. 21.

Maid in the Hudson Valley, 4 Willa Lane, Chichester 12416, c/o Mary R. Ippoliti. Filed Oct. 6.

Mayfield Plumbing, 209 Old Creamery Road, Maybrook 12543, c/o Thomas Reagon Mayfield. Filed Feb. 14.

Michelle’s Traveling Treats, 75 German St., Kingston 12401, c/o Michelle J. Cash. Filed Oct. 9.

Power Thought Designs, 23 Ingrid Lane, Hurley 12443, c/o James S. Shultis.

Filed Oct. 6.

Main Street Title Abstract Co., 85 Main St., Kingston 12401, c/o Robert D. Cook, Eric M. Kurtz, Thomas A. Murphy, and Michael T. Cook. Filed Oct. 6.

R. Williams Lawn Care, 40 Newton Drive, Middletown 10940, c/o Robert C. Williams III. Filed Feb. 20.

Sole Proprietorships

Red Sector Technolo�y, 12 Wrentham St., Kingston 12401, c/o Joshua T. Vining. Filed Oct. 8.

Albright Building Co., 906 Albany Post Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Michael J. Albright. Filed Oct. 7.

Reem Digital Services, 117 Chestnut Ave., New Windsor 12553, c/o Roshan A. Zamir. Filed Feb. 19.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

Color Blend Detail, 365 S. Wall St., Suite B, Kingston 12401, c/o James J. Hall.

Filed Oct. 9.

Station 15, 15 Railroad Ave., Suite 101, Kingston 12401, c/o Heather Craig. Filed Oct. 8.

Bnos Jerusalem D’ Chasidei Belz, as owner. $11,250 as claimed by V. Greco Drywall, Middletown. Property: 385 Briggs Highway, Ellenville 12428. Filed Oct. 8.

Danny’s Nail Spa, 2130 Route 94, No. 7, Salisbury Mills 12553, c/o Van Benam Tran. Filed Feb. 19.

Techiles Distributor, 11 Dinev Road, No. 103, Monroe 10950, c/o Moshe Landau. Filed Feb. 21.

East Coast Euromotive, 441 Malden Turnpike, Saugerties 12477, c/o Jarrett M.L. Whitaker. Filed Oct. 9.

Vocus Focus, 4 Oakcrest Drive, Goshen 10924, c/o John Thomas Lewis.

Filed Feb.19.

Extremity Central Fab, 625 Bullville Road, Montgomery, c/o Ronald J. Fontana. Filed Feb. 19.

Winding Valley Creations, 206 Village Court, Kingston 12401, c/o Diane Elaine Hall. Filed Oct. 6.

ForwardWatch Consulting, 8 Scott Drive, Middletown 10941, c/o Kevin E. Cook. Filed Feb. 21.

Woodstock Haven, 39 Ohayo Mountain Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o Jeanna Raye Lankford. Filed Oct. 6.

Genesis Massage Therapy, 142 Ulster Heights Road, Ellenville 12428, c/o William Steven Daniels. Filed Oct. 9.

Zpas Shop, 38 Winchell Lane, Rosendale 12472, c/o Clement J. Cooke. Filed Oct. 8.

Falcon Realty Holdings LLC, as owner. $9,023 as claimed by Talley Sign Co., Richmond, Va. Property: 109 Dunning Road, Wallkill. Filed Oct. 10.

Merwin, Allan D., as owner. $5,081 as claimed by Miller Wilkins Inc., Claverack. Property: 38 Highland Drive, North East. Filed Oct. 8.

Nine Mall Associates LLC, as owner. $41,932 as claimed by DCG Mechanical Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 1830 South Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed Oct. 6.

LEGAL NOTICES Trident Professional Services, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/21/14.

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 the LLC served upon him/her is: 233 S. Highland Ave, Ossining, NY 10562. The principal business address of the LLC is: 233 S. Highland Ave, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59605 Notice of Formation of Lamartine Properties LLC. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to Paul Kilmartin, 876 McLean Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on 8/19/2014.

Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #59606 Mudsizer, LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 8/18/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 1843 Palmer Ave. Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59607 Notice of Formation of 175 Croton Avenue LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/4/2014.

Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 8 Katrina Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 , Purpose: any lawful act or activity #59608 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF umo LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 08/25/14. Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 746 Mamaroneck Ave; #1315, Mamaroneck NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful act. #59610 Notice of Formation of Gilrose Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/11/2014.

Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to 125 S. Broadway, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59611 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Danchin Art LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) 8/13/14.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 35 Church Lane, Scarsdale, NY 10583.

Purpose: any lawful act. #59612

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Saturday Art LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) 8/14/14.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 180 Gaylor Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583.

Purpose: any lawful act. #59613 Name of LLC: Novelista Publishing, LLC. Arts of Org. filed NY Sec. of State 6/27/2014.

Princ. Ofc. loc: Westchester Cty. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o 16 Minerva Place, 4C, White Plains, NY 10601, Attn.: Monica Cooper.

Purpose: Any lawful Activity #59615 Notice of formation of TGM Real Estate Group,LLC Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/14/14.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:143 New Chalet Drive, Mohegan Lake NY 10547.

Purpose: any lawful purpose #59616 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: Horton Winthrop III, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on September 11, 2014. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Horton Winthrop III, LLC, c/o The MacQuesten Companies, 438 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, Pelham, New York 10803.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59617 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: Horton Winthrop Managers III, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on September 11, 2014. N.Y. office location: Westchester County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Horton Winthrop Managers III, LLC, c/o The MacQuesten Companies, 438 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, Pelham, New York 10803.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59618 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: MacQuesten Winthrop III, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on September 11, 2014. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to MacQuesten Winthrop III, LLC, c/o The MacQuesten Companies, 438 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, Pelham, New York 10803.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity #59619

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Sommelier Home, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with the Secretary of Sate of New York (SSNY) on 05/15/2014. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC: 1 Augusta Drive, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: any lawful business activity #59620 Notice of Formation of SAVAGE LAW, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/29/14. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O THE PLLC, 400 Blinn Rd., Croton On Hudson, NY 10520. Purpose: to engage in the practice of Law. #59621 Notice of Formation of 28 MIDDLE POND ROAD ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/25/14.

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, 12 Water St., #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities #59622 Notice of Formation of 39 MIDDLE POND ROAD ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/25/14.

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, 12 Water St., #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59623 Notice of Formation of KWPCREATIVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/26/14.

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, 72 Robert Ave., Port Chester, NY 10573. Purpose: all lawful activities #59624 Notice of Formation of EVOLUTIONEAT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/23/14. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 17 Bonnie Briar Lane, Larchmont, NY 10538.

Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #59625 Notice of Formation of 52 ELDREDGE STREET REALTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/11/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Frank Testa, 48 Lindy Drive, Carmel, NY 10512.

Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #59626 Notice of Formation of 263 SOUTH 11TH AVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/14/14. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o John Caparelli, 126 Lincoln Ave., W. Harrison, NY 10604. Purpose.

Any lawful act or activity. #59627

Notice of formation of KIMMIMI LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/09/14. 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, 15 Water St New Rochelle, NY 10805. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59628 Notice of Formation of dogí N ñ it LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/11/14. Office Location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 23 Kings Grant Way, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59629 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Todmar Investor Group, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 28, 2014.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail a copy of process against LLC to W. Thomas Clark, 4 Surrey Lane, North Salem, New York 10560. Purpose: Any lawful act. #59630 SH PROPERTIES 1 LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/22/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Steinvurzel & Levy Law Group, 34 South Broadway, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59633 Notice of Formation of Dr Sue Cancer Vet PLLC. Art/Org. filed with SSNY 8/22/14. NY office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent for process. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o The LLC, 80 Van Wart Ave., Tarrytown, NY 10591.

Purpose: To practice the profession of Veterinary Medicine. #59634 Notice of formation of limited partnership (LP). Name: MAMARONECK TOWERS, L.P. Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of NY (SSNY) 8/13/14. Office location: Westchester County.

Principal business location: 570 Taxter Rd., Suite 673, Elmsford, NY 10523. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 570 Taxter Rd, Suite 673, Elmsford, NY 10523. The name and business address of each general partner is available from SSNY. The latest date the LLC is to dissolve is 12/31/80. Purpose of LP is to own and operate real property at 233-235 Halstead Ave., Mamaroneck, NY. #59635

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: MAMARONECK TOWERS MANAGERS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of NY (SSNY) 8/13/14. 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 any process to 570 Taxter Rd, Suite 673, Elmsford, NY 10523.

The latest date the LLC is to dissolve is 12/31/80. The LLC shall indemnify each member to the fullest extent permitted by law. #59636 Notice of Formation of Grandview Drive Properties LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/17/2014 . Office Location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Anthony P. Andreacchi, Esq., 7 Grandview Drive, Pleasantville, NY, 10570.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59637 Notice of Formation of HUI ENTERPRISES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/31/14.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 333 Westchester Ave., White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #59638 Notice of formation of MJ CON LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/08/14. 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, 830 South St apt 2d Peekskill, NY 10566. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59639 Notice of Formation of Imagine Power LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/31/14. Offc.

Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Raya Salter, 35 Forest Circle, New Rochelle, NY 10804.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59640 Notice of Formation of DM Design Build LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/14/14.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 55 Lakeside Road Mount Kisco NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59641 Notice of formation of Alastar Family & Senior In-home Care LLC, filed with SSNY on 8/25/14.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process The LLC, 333 Church St,. White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose any lawful act or activity. #59642

Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC) ShaLew Events. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/26/2014. The LLC is located in Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to : The LLC 122 Depew St 2b Peekskill, NY 10566, the principal business location of the LLC. Purpose of the business of LLC is any lawful act or activity #59643 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Ernie Hicks Contracting LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/Secy of State of NY on 08/25/14, Office loc: Westchester Cty, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Ernest Hicks, 2 Fennimore Ave., Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: Any lawful activity #59648

Notice of formation of Westchester Putnam Pottery, LLC, a domestic limited liability company. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/10/2014. NY Office location: Putnam County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at: 114 Austin Road, Mahopac, New York 10541.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #59649 570E HERITAGE HILLS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/26/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Steinvurzel & Levy Law Group, 34 South Broadway, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59650

WESTCHESTER INDEX NO.:54726/2014- SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS filed on 10/9/2014 Plaintiff Designates WESTCHESTER County as the place of trial based upon the location of the premises herein described having tax map Section 2, Block 2025, Lot 6, Yonkers, NY, County of WESTCHESTER. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, -against- MARIO BEAUGE, if living, and if either be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs-atlaw, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through, or under them and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs-at-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, NISHECA SHEPARD, JST CAPITAL INC, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ñ INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiffís Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered against you and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorneys or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Order of the Hon. Joan B. Lefkowitz, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated October 8, 2014 and filed with the Westchester County Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This is an action to foreclosure a mortgage held by Plaintiff on the premises known as Section 2, Block 2025, Lot 6, Yonkers, NY, County of WESTCHESTER, as described in the complaint on file and commonly known as 3 CARLISLE PLACE, Yonkers, NY 10701. Dated: Syosset, New York September 25, 2014. Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 125 Michael Drive, Suite 105, Syosset, NY 11791 516-9383100 P#1116020 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/07/2014 #59666

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LEGAL NOTICES HARLEM APP COLLECTIVE, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 6/6/14. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 11 Park Hill Place, Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #59651 Notice of Formation: Royís Elite Dealer Services LLC, Filed with SSNY on 8/6/2014. Office Location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Royís Elite Dealer Services LLC, 170 Glover Ave. Yonkers, NY 10704.

Purpose: Any lawful Purpose. #59652 CITI CONNECT INDUSTRIES, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Citi Connect, LLC, 255 Huguenot St., Ste 2001, New Rochelle, NY 10801.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59653 WILL’S WAY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/01/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 131 Radio Circle Dr., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59654 CIRCLE Z LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/01/2014.

Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 131 Radio Circle Drive, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59655 Trident Limousine Company, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/22/14. 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 the LLC served upon him/her is: 233 S. Highland Ave, Ossining, NY 10562. The principal business address of the LLC is: 233 S. Highland Ave, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59656 Notice is hereby given that an Application for an On-Premises Liquor License, serial number 1280457, has been applied for by the undersigned in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 163 N. Main St., Port Chester, New York 10573. Westchester County /s/ Fine Indian Dining IBC d/b/a Tandoori #59657

NEW ROC BLT 1 LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/02/2014. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1955 Central Park Ave., Yonkers, NY 10710. Reg Agent: Mark J. Fonte, Trifont, 1955 Central Park Ave., Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59658

Notice of Formation of 141 CENTRE STREET, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/5/14. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o John Caparelli, 126 Lincoln Ave., West Harrison, NY 10604. Purpose.

Any lawful act or activity. #59668

Notice of Formation of ERIC ZITANER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/30/14. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY is desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, PO Box 1887 White Plains, NY 10602.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59659

FitBrite LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/18/2014. 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. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served is to the principal business location at 87 Avon Circle Unit D, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #59669

KERRIZ ENTERPRISES, LLC Art. of Org were filed with the SSNY on 09/10/214. 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, 11-21 JACKSON AVENUE, SCARSDALE, NY 10583, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity #59660 208-210 SOUTH TERRACE AVENUE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/27/2014.

Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Corporation Service Company, 80 State St., Albany , NY 12207.

Reg Agent: Corporation Service Company, 80 State St., Albany , NY 12207. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59662 Notice of formation of William C. Wood, M.D., PLLC, a domestic professional service limited liability company. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/26/2014.

NY Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at: 122 East 82nd Street, Suite 1B, New York, NY 10028-0873. Purpose: Practice the profession of medicine. #59663 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE PEG SANTVOORD FOUNDATION for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 is available at its principal office located at 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite S-618, Rye Brook, NY 10573-1373 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is WILLIAM R. HANDELMAN. #59665 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Bess Restaurant Group Inc. d/b/a Lexington Square Cafe to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment.

For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 510 Lexington Avenue Mount Kisco NY 10549. #59667

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CAREER CONNECTORS LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 10/14/14.

Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to Career Connectors LLC, 5 Melrose Ave, Croton-OnHudson, NY 10520. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Ad # 59670 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Spadaro Restaurant LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 751-753 Central Park Avenue Scarsdale, NY 10583. #59644 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by El Olivar Restaurant Corp. to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 583 Main Street New Rochelle, NY 10801. #59645 Notice is hereby given that a Tavern Wine license, #TBA has been applied for by Bedford Brew, LLC d/b/a Brew & Co. to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 532 Bedford Road Bedford Hills, NY 10507. #59646 Notice is hereby given that an on-premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Zanni Restaurant Group, LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment.

For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 45 Bedford Road Armonk, NY 10504. #59647 571B HERITAGE HILLS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/28/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Steinvurzel & Levy Law Group, 34 South Broadway, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Ad # 59596 #59596

SUMMONS Index No. 60190/2014 D/O/F: July 2, 2014 Premises Address: 129 S 11TH AVE, MOUNT VERNON, NY 10550 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, JOHN DIDONATO AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RITA LANZADORE; TERESA PETRETTI AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RITA LANZADORE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION & FINANCE ; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA <\!#45> INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; JOHN DOE 1 THROUGH 50; JANE DOE 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIBUTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE OF RITA LANZADORE WHO WAS BORN ON JUNE 7, 1948 AND DIED ON AUGUST 26, 2012, A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF ‘’JOHN DOES’’ AND ‘’JANE DOES’’, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises and corporations, other entities or persons who have, claim, or may claim, a lien against, or other interest in, the premises, Defendant(s), :TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The following notice is intended only for those defendants who are owners of the premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security.

YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. The amount of the Debt: $161,650.48 consisting of principal balance of $127,196.26 plus interest of $12,433.34, escrow/impound shortages or credits of $18,244.42, late charges of $46.46; Brokerís Price Opinion, inspection and miscellaneous charges of $2,455.00; attorney fee $1,000.00 and title search $275.00. Because of interest and other charges that may vary from day to day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. Hence, if you pay the amount shown above, an adjustment may be necessary after we receive the check, in which event we will inform you.

The name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Unless you dispute the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, within thirty (30) days after receipt hereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates P.C. If you notify Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates P.C. in writing within thirty (30) days after your receipt hereof that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, we will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of any judgment against you representing the debt and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to you by Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates P.C. Upon your written request within 30 days after receipt of this notice, Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates P.C. will provide you with the name and address of the original creditor if different from the current creditor.

Note: Your time to respond to the summons and complaint differs from your time to dispute the validity of the debt or to request the name and address of the original creditor. Although you have as few as 20 days to respond to the summons and complaint, depending on the manner of service, you still have 30 days from receipt of this summons to dispute the validity of the debt and to request the name and address of the original creditor.

TO THE DEFENDANTS, The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this debt, this law suit is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this debt and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this lawsuit to foreclose the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: June 16, 2014 Patricia Boland, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Main Office 51 E Bethpage Road Plainview, NY 11803 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about ìsavingî your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non<\!#45>profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll<\!#45>free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1<\!#45>877<\!#45>BANKNYS (1<\!#45>877<\!#45>226<\!#45>5697) or visit the Departmentís website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. #59664

FACES& PLACES GLOBAL ATTRACTION The Westchester County Association hosted its second annual International Showcase Sept.

30 at the global headquarters of Morgan Stanley in Purchase. Close to 40 foreign trade commissioners toured Westchester and heard about opportunities and resources for foreign investment — including the county’s prime location, financial incentives, diverse and talented workforce, culture and quality of life. Cocktails and networking concluded the event.

Photos by Lynda Shenkman Curtis.

1. Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria, Malaysia; Ralph Chow, Hong Kong; Thomas Roach, City of White Plains; Elizabeth Roach, Atlas Air; and Eva Maria Liimets, Estonia.

2. Jessie Chao, Taiwan; Cherng-Chuan SU, Taiwan; and Bernadette Wade, Mercy College.

3. Jenna Kim, South Korea.

4. Tony Maddalena, The Maddalena Group at Morgan Stanley; James Jesse, Morgan Stanley; and Robert Weisz, RPW Group.

5. Zwanette Bruggink, the Netherlands; and Simon Locke, Cattell, Locke, Pendleton & Partners.

6. Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria, Malaysia; and Marissa Brett, WCA. 7. Rocco Totini, Grassi & Co.; Richard Donatuti, JPMorgan Chase; and Scott Stern, Grassi & Co. 8. Leonard Levin and Stuart Stengel, O’Connor Davies; and Tom Drake, Chase Commercial Bank.

9. Gugulethu Ginqi, South Africa.

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DOCTORS of DISTINCTION Saluting those who go beyond the diagnosis

2014

MEET THE WINNERS AND HEAR THEIR REMARKABLE STORIES LOCATION

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DATE / TIME

October 30 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

String trio from Juilliard, delectable bites and spirits followed by the formal award ceremony.

WINNERS

FOUNDERS

Humanitarian Award: MARTIN LEDERMAN, MD Lederman & Lederman Lifetime Achievement: KIRA GERACI-CIARDULLO, MD Westchester Health MARY BETH WALSH, MD Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Leadership in Medical Advocacy: THOMAS LEE, MD New York Neurological Surgery, P.C. Community Service: AUGUSTINE MOSCATELLO, MD Westchester Medical Center Excellence in Medical Research: WILLIAM BAUMAN, MD VA Hospital

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