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CT hospitals chief sees little good in state and federal actions

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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nresolved issues at both the state and federal level have left John Murphy, president and CEO of the Western Connecticut Health Network, feeling a bit flustered.

“I don’t see a lot of good news out there, truthfully,” he told the Business Journal.

Chief among Murphy’s concerns is the ongoing legal battle between most of the state’s hospitals under the Connecticut Hospital Association umbrella and the state of Connecticut regarding the controversial hospital tax.

While the state has asked a judge to dismiss the CHA lawsuit filed in 2016 in New Britain Superior Court, the hospital association has asked for a trial date to be set. The CHA seeks to have the hospital tax as currently constructed declared unconstitutional and void. The hospitals want input on any new hospital tax that would follow to make it less onerous and to ensure that the taxes collected go to health care, not the state budget.

At issue is the fact that the biennial state budget passed last year increases taxes on hospitals by nearly double, from $556 million to $900 million per year.

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Cuomo aims to tax health insurers’ ‘windfall’

BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

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aced with potential cuts to federal funding of major health programs, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in his budget address this month proposed a new state fund aimed at keeping the programs afloat.

Speaking in Albany on Jan. 16, Cuomo said it’s health care “where the real potential shortfall is.”

The state is facing a potential loss of federal funding through a number of avenues outlined in

the governor’s budget, including cuts to Medicaid; the loss of the cost-share reduction payments that fund the state’s popular Essential Plan coverage option; and cuts to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program, which provides federal dollars to hospitals that serve a high percentage of Medicaid or uninsured patients.

Cuomo also said federal funding for the Child Health Insurance Program was at risk in his budget outline, but the program subsequently has been funded through the next six years when Congress passed a

short-term spending bill on Jan. 22 that included funding for the popular CHIP program.

In his speech, Cuomo acknowledged the budget difficulty and uncertainty ahead. He proposed setting up a $1 billion reserve fund to offset any loss in federal funding.

“Depending on who you talk to, they say they’re going to be restored, they’re not going to be restored,” Cuomo said of federal health care program cuts. “If they’re not restored, they are in the billions of dollars and affect millions of New Yorkers. So, it’s something that’s going to change over time and that we have to watch, but we would set up the reserve fund now.”

To help launch that Healthcare Shortfall Fund, Cuomo proposed new taxes targeting the state’s health insurance industry. The state is facing

an overall budget shortfall estimated at more than $4 billion.

“It’s just too big a deficit and the choice of cutting education or cutting health care, I don’t think is a place anyone wants to go this year,” Cuomo said. “So we have to raise revenue.”

INSURER CONVERSIONS

The shortfall fund could be kick-started initially by a new source of revenue the Cuomo administration estimates will be $500 million annually for the next three years. That money would come from nonprofit health insurers that convert to for-profit ventures.

While not a new tax, the state is counting on there being more of this type of transactions from which to draw revenue in the next few years.

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IN THE FAMILY

Insole maker for athletes grows by leaps and bounds

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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Wilton startup is quickly making its name as the go-to place for athletes nationwide looking to increase their performance.

But VKTRY Gear isn’t peddling an exercise regimen, diet or even apparel. Instead its entry in the sports market is a patented performance insole that it says has been scientifically proven to help athletes run faster, jump higher and train smarter.

Fabricated of aerospace-grade carbon fiber, VKTRY insoles weigh less than 1 ounce and are less than 1 millimeter thick. VKTRY

Gear founder and President Matt Arciuolo explained that his product simply replaces the standard insoles that come with athletic shoes to provide more explosive power in all sports that require ground force.

Arciuolo is a board-certified pedorthist specializing in pain management and performance enhancement using custom footwear and orthotics, a specialty within the medical field making use of externally applied devices to modify the structural and functional characteristics of the neuromuscular and skeletal system.

Through his other company, Footstar Orthotics, which he still runs in Milford, Arciuolo was introduced to the 2006 U.S. Olympic bobsled and skeleton team training in

Lake Placid by a physical therapist friend who served as its strength coach. There Arciuolo was given the mission of trying to improve the “push” phase of the team’s run.

“As I learned more about the sport, I realized that if I could make something for track shoes that could improve their speed by as little as two-to-three hundredths of a second, that would make a significant difference,” he said.

The key, Arciuolo said, was to improve an athlete’s “explosivity” by returning much of the energy expended by pressing one’s foot down back into the body. The VK is that solution, Arciuolo said. Its highly flexible properties were demonstrated to the Business Journal by VKTRY Gear CEO Steve Wasik, who bounced the insole around VKTRY’s office at 2 Hollyhock Lane with a simple flick of the wrist.

The carbon fiber technology necessary to manufacture the insoles has only been around for about 25 years, Arciuolo noted. “In fact, we originally were manufacturing them in Lithuania," he said.

Since January 2016, however, VKs have been manufactured in a plant near Athens, Georgia.

VKTRY Gear CEIO Steve Wasik displays the VK insole at the company’s Wilton office.

In background photo, Houston Astros outfielder and World Series MVP George Springer is a VKTRY customer. Photo by Kevin Zimmerman.

One could say that Arciuolo was born for this line of work. He’s the fourth generation of his family to own Arciuolo’s Shoes, which claims to be Connecticut’s oldest shoe store; it was opened in Milford by his great-grandfather Francesco in 1921.

He joked that the store’s longevity

is rivaled only by that of his father, Matthew, who recently observed his 100th birthday. “He still lifts weights every day, still drives, still watches Fox News,” he marveled.

The family connection has spilled over to VKTRY, where Arciuolo’s wife, Felicia, serves as treasurer and their son Christian as head of operations. The company has six employees in Wilton and 10 sales reps around the country.

Following VKTRY’s experiences with the Olympics — the company expects to be “very present” at next month’s games in South Korea, Wasik said — it quickly began to make a name for itself among pro and college athletes in a variety of sports. Those include Houston Astros outfielder George Springer, who won last year’s World Series M.V.P. Award; three-time track-andfield Olympic gold medalist Tianna Bartoletta; and Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins.

The insoles are usually purchased either by individual athletes or through a team’s athletic trainers. Wasik said the company typically will provide several pairs to teams for free to prove their

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BY RONALD B. HEGT Contributing writer

A new look at the new tax law

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he Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 signed by President Trump in December is the largest tax reform to be enacted in several years. How the reform will affect you depends on, among other things, what kind of income you have, where you live, and the make-up of what historically have been your itemized deductions.

This article will point out many of the significant changes and will highlight the pitfalls, gains or unanswered questions that we all as taxpayers will face.

INDIVIDUAL TAXES

Tax rates were cut across the board and will, for 2018 through 2025, run from 10 percent to 37 percent. The impact of the full set of rate cuts should reduce taxes by approximately 3 per cent, without giving any effect to other changes.

This will to a large extent cut into the cost of many of the changes that reduced or eliminated deductions.

The preferential rates for longterm capital gains and qualified dividends remain unchanged but apply to a larger portion of income.

While the highest tax rate payable on such income remains at 20 percent (without the additional 3.8 percent net investment income tax), a married couple with taxable income of less than $77,200 will pay a zero tax rate on such income. The rate will increase to 15 percent to the extent taxable income is less than $479,000.

The elimination of personal exemptions and the scale back of many itemized deductions was intended to be offset by a near doubling of the standard deduction to $24,000 for a married couple. Whether this, in fact, is so depends on your mix of itemized deductions which were scaled back or eliminated.

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Highlights of the changed itemized deductions include the limiting of state and local income and real estate taxes to $10,000 per year and the elimination of all miscellaneous itemized deductions, which include deductions for tax preparation fees, investment advisor fees and employee business expenses. Deductions for mortgage interest have been scaled back for loans closed on or after Dec. 15, 2017. These new loans will only carry deductible interest on the first $750,000 of principal, down from $1 million. Home equity loan interest for all loans will now only

While every individual’s tax situation is different, a typical New York or Connecticut resident who has earned income of less than $3 million can expect to see their 2018 taxes decrease.

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be deductible to the extent that funds were used to either purchase, construct or improve a home.

The higher standard deduction, in addition to encouraging simplification, decreases the value of itemized deductions. Taxpayers should carefully watch timing of deductions, such as doubling up on charitable contributions and contributing every other year. This would allow the benefit of a larger standard deduction in a noncontributing year and higher itemized deductions in contributing years.

As a partial offset to the loss of personal exemptions, several changes have been made to benefit parents. The credit available for children under the age of 17 has been increased to $2,000. A credit of $500 per nonchild dependent is also available. The benefit of these credits begins to phase out when a taxpayer’s joint adjusted gross income exceeds $400,000, up from $110,000 in 2017. In addition, a 529 plan can now be used to pay up to $10,000 per year in expenses at public or private elementary or secondary schools.

Much was made about the fact that the alternative minimum tax for individuals was not repealed.

However, since the two largest reasons for keeping AMT, deductions for state and local taxes and miscellaneous itemized deductions, are no longer an issue, far fewer taxpayers will be caught by it.

While every individual’s tax situation is different, a typical New York or Connecticut resident who has earned income of less than $3 million can expect to see their 2018 taxes decrease. Amounts will vary, but the impact of lower rates is offsetting the increase in income caused by deduction eliminations.

If you are the owner, a partner, or an S Corporation shareholder in a flow-through business, you may be eligible for a deduction as high as 20 percent of your qualified business income. This could have the effect of reducing a maximum 37 percent tax rate to 29.6 percent on qualified income. Further limiting computations involving wages paid by qualifying businesses could cut this deduction down to zero.

A qualified business eligible for this deduction is any trade or business other than one involved in providing services in the fields of health, law, consulting, performing arts, athletics, finance, or brokerage. Architects and engineers should note that while they were initially included in

the ineligible group, they were dropped off that list at the last minute as the bill made its way through Congress. While income from these businesses is not generally eligible for the 20 percent deduction, there is an exception that allows this nonqualifying business income to become eligible if a taxpayer’s taxable income is under $315,000.

While this could turn out to be one of the most beneficial provisions for individuals, it is fraught with unanswered questions and poorly defined terms. For example, is an insurance broker who really is selling insurance and keeping a commission a broker, who would not qualify for the deduction, or a commission salesperson, who would qualify?

BUSINESS TAXES

The centerpiece of tax reform is the reduction of the corporate tax rate to 21 percent from the current maximum rate of 35 percent.

In addition, the corporate alternative minimum tax was repealed. At the same time, a change requiring immediate repatriation of earnings from foreign corporations, at preferential rates, was included in the reform as a revenue raiser and a precursor to moving the U.S. foreign tax system to a territorial system in which income earned by foreign corporations owned by Americans will not be taxed going forward.

Numerous authors have suggested that the lowering of the corporate tax rate to a rate that is lower than the individual rate is the signal to convert partnerships and S Corporations to C Corporations. While there may be specific circumstances where this is advisable, in general the lower tax rate of 21 percent is offset by the fact that when the remaining earnings of the C Corporation are distributed and taxed as a dividend, the double taxation will create an almost 40 percent federal tax rate. This rate is higher than the maximum individual rate of 37 percent and certainly higher than the effective rate on qualified flow-through business of 29.6 percent.

Many other business incentives were enacted as well. Depreciation rules have been changed to allow a 100 percent write-off of business property other than real estate acquired between Sept. 27, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2022. After that, the percentage declines until it reaches zero on Dec. 31, 2026. In addi» TAX LAW

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tion, Section 179 deductions, which are also a form of immediate write-off of business property, have been expanded to allow a maximum deduction of $1 million per year.

In the interest of expanding certain business benefits available to small taxpayers, the definition of a small taxpayer has been changed to one that has average annual gross receipts for the past three years of less than $25 million, up from $5 million. Once a company qualifies as a small business, they will be able to stay on or convert to cash basis of accounting and simplify their accounting for inventory.

In addition, a new restriction on the deductibility of business interest expense will limit the deductibility to 30 percent of taxable income computed before interest expense, net operating losses, and depreciation and amortization expenses. Beginning in 2022, the limitation becomes greater by not allowing depreciation and amortization to be added back in determining any limits. These restrictions do not apply to small taxpayers, auto dealerships or electing real property businesses.

ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES

In a bid to satisfy all involved, the estate tax has not been repealed. In place of repeal, the lifetime exclusion for estate, gift and generation-skipping taxes will double to $11.2 million per person. With the continued availability to transfer unused estate tax exemptions to a surviving spouse, a couple will be able to transfer in excess of $22.4 million of property free of estate tax.

Based on 2016 filing data provided by the IRS, the remaining estate tax should only impact approximately 1,500 taxpayers per year. Keep in mind that this increased exemption is temporary and will revert back to $5 million in 2026, so the window for long-term planning is limited. Further complicating this is the fact that New York and Connecticut have exemptions which are substantially lower than the new federal amount.

CONCLUSION

While many people will benefit from this law, there is much uncertainty regarding its implementation, including poorly defined terms, potential legal challenges, varying effective dates and sunsetting provisions which will revert many of the individual and estate tax changes back to pre-2018 law in 2026. A bigger, more current concern is how the states will deal with these changes.

New York and Connecticut income tax rules require state computations to be based on federal income, as modified. We will all need to stay tuned to see what actions, if any, are taken by the states.

Ronald B. Hegt is a certified public accountant and a tax partner at Citrin Cooperman with more than 40 years of experience in accounting and taxation, serving as the entrepreneur tax and business adviser to middle-market entrepreneurs, their businesses and their families.

He can be reached at 914-949-2990 or at rhegt@citrincooperman.com.

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IN COURT

CHINESE CITIZEN IMPRISONED FOR THEFT OF IBM CODE

A Chinese national has been sentenced to prison for five years for stealing computer code from his former employer, IBM Corp.

Xu Jiaqiang had pleaded guilty to economic espionage and theft of a trade secret for copying IBM’s source code for its clustered file system technology. Xu stole “extraordinarily valuable proprietary computer source code that had taken millions of dollars and literally decades of work to perfect,” the government said in a sentencing memorandum.

Federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas to impose a prison sentence of up to 11 years and four months.

Xu’s attorneys, Daniel F. Diffley and Leanne Marek of Atlanta, asked for just over two years, for the time he served in jail following his arrest in December 2015 at a White Plains hotel.

This could be the only prosecution under the Economic Espionage Act that involves both a foreign national and a crime that took place exclusively in a foreign country, the attorneys said in their sentencing memorandum, Xu, 32, had lived in China for all but three years, when he studied computer science at the University of Delaware and George Washington University. He worked in IBM’s Beijing office from 2010 to 2014, debugging the source code.

The technology is designed for complex systems that run on multiple servers. It is typically used by scientists, governments and corporations where users across wide networks need to quickly update or access files at

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the same time.

When he resigned from IBM, he took copies of the source code.

“Mr. Xu did not think that this was unlawful in China,” his attorneys said.

“He had seen others take source code and other documents when they left IBM and knew individuals who had done so from other companies in China.”

Xu left IBM to work for Kingsoft Cloud, a startup company, but did not use the code there, his attorneys said. About a year later, he joined, or according to the government, “formed,” Zettakit. There he used the source code to create his own version of the software, removing IBM’s logo, the government said, and naming his version “Polaris.”

Zettakit sold Polaris to China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission, the government said.

Xu’s attorneys said the company merely gave away the software on a trial basis, with a “kill feature” to disable it after several months, so that it could say on its website that its product was being used.

In 2014, the FBI received a report that someone in China claimed to have access to IBM’s source code. The government set up a sting operation, with an agent posing as an investor starting a large-data storage company and another posing as a project manager.

After a year of exchanging messages and computer files, the FBI persuaded Xu to travel to the U.S. Xu thought he was meeting for a job interview.

Undercover FBI agents repeatedly tried to convince Xu to sell them the source code, the defense attorneys said. “He told them that they could simply buy a license from IBM.” When presented with the opportunity to live in the U.S. and to name his own price, he declined, Xu’s attorneys claimed.

They said Xu takes full responsibility for his actions but he pleaded guilty only for his conduct in China.

The government cited statements Xu made at the White Plains hotel. He said he had used the source code to make software for customers. He knew that the code was the product of two decades of research and development by IBM. He acknowledged that software he had sent the agents was based on the code. He said he could write scripts that would conceal the origin on the code.

“The defendant stood to make a fortune as a result of his theft,” the government’s sentencing memo states, “and was well on his way to doing so when law enforcement agents intervened.”

HUDSON VALLEY FUEL OIL DEALER DEFRAUDED CUSTOMERS, AGAIN

David DeSilva Sr. and Champion Fuel & Service Corp. of Peekskill have been ordered to stop selling home heating oil and to pay $176,000 in damages and restitution to customers they defrauded.

The court’s decision is the second time that DeSilva, of Hopewell Junction, has been reined in for cheating customers. His Nu Way Fuel & Service Corp. was prosecuted for the same kind of scam in 2013.

Even as Nu Way was under investigation, state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman alleges, DeSilva was creating Champion and devising a new scheme.

In 2014, Champion began luring customers by offering low prices for home heating oil. The company collected payments in advance, the state said, but then delivered little or no oil. It also sold service contracts but allegedly did little or no work.

The attorney general, state police and Better Business Bureau have received 83 complaints against Champion. Thirty customers sued the company in Wappingers Falls Town Court.

The Champion case, filed in March, also names DeSilva’s son, David DeSilva Jr., and Patrick » » IN COURT

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profit health care companies that we financed through Medicaid primarily,” Cuomo said in his address. “They want to sell to a for-profit or convert.

The state already has a statute where we get the majority of the revenues.”

The most prominent example is the pending deal that would have Centene Corp., a Fortune 500 company and the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the country, take over the assets of Fidelis Care, a nonprofit Catholic health plan.

In the $3.75 billion deal, Centene will acquire the largest provider of qualified health plans on New York’s Affordable Care Act health exchange.

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Every state but Alaska imposes some kind of health provider tax. In Connecticut’s case, the state collects taxes from hospitals and nursing homes and then redistributes a portion of those funds to those industries. The state distribution then triggers a federal Medicaid reimbursement. The Connecticut Hospital Association last fall agreed to the shortterm hospital tax changes through 2019 in order for its members to receive those federal Medicaid fund.

But the CHA still maintains that the hospital tax violates the U.S. and Connecticut constitutions as well as a number of federal and state statutes, and that the state’s reimbursement and tax scheme violates the federal Medicaid Act. The group claims that the tax exceeds by nearly 30 times the corporate tax rate that was in place before the recent rewriting of the federal tax code under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. “The level of reimbursement is so low that access to adequate care can be a problem,” Murphy said, “as it becomes difficult to find insurance providers willing

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The New York Catholic bishops that run Fidelis pledged to use the sale proceeds to launch one of the largest charitable foundations in the state.

As described by Cardinal Timothy Dolan when the transaction was announced in September, the charity would be “dedicated to serving vulnerable and at-risk populations regardless of their faith.”

A blog post from the Albany think tank Empire Center for Public Policy said the state would be pulling money away from that charitable endeavor.

The blog’s author post also argued that because Fidelis is a health maintenance organization, the state will need new statutory lan-

guage to collect on the sale of Fidelis to Centene that was not included in initial budget legislation.

The governor’s budget outline estimates the state can reap $500 million annually over the next four years from conversions of nonprofit health insurers to for-profit ventures, based on current market conditions.

The decision to count on the conversion revenue was criticized, however, by Citizens Budget Commission President Carol Kellermann, who noted that the “conversions may not occur and the method for estimating the revenue they would generate is not specified,” leaving the possibility the budget could be left short more than a billion dollars.

to accept these rates.”

Murphy said the Western Connecticut Health Network’s hospitals — Danbury, Norwalk and New Milford — collectively lost $80 million last year in Medicaid benefits that were not reimbursed and that WCHN pays about $180 million a year in state taxes.

He also noted that the state has regularly applied its hospital tax receipts to help balance the state budget.

“We are not trying to bankrupt the state of Connecticut,” Murphy said.

“What we’re asking the state to do is what every other state has done — use the tax to leverage federal matching funds to assist hospitals.”

Murphy said he hoped a court date would be set during this calendar year.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has not ruled on the state’s changes.

Meanwhile, the Connecticut legislature has promised to override Gov. Dannel Malloy’s veto this month of a plan that would restore $54 million to the Medicare Savings Program, which serves as many as 113,000 citizens. The governor argued that the math behind the plan would result in “pushing problems off into

the future,” but both Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, a Democrat, and Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano have indicated they have the votes to overturn the veto.

Murphy expressed satisfaction that the legislators would prove good on their word, dismissing opponents’ viewpoints as “misinformation or gamesmanship. If for some reason there is no funding, it will once again be the frail in our society who are left without appropriate coverage.”

That concern also formed the bedrock of Murphy’s objections to the new federal tax law’s elimination of the individual health care mandate established by the Affordable Care Act and the repeated efforts by the Trump administration and congressional Republicans to repeal that law known as Obamacare.

“The average person in their 20s, 30s or even older may feel they’re healthy enough that they don’t want to be bothered with buying health insurance,” Murphy said of the mandate. “And now there’s no penalty. But that population can still suffer a serious accident or severe

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TAXING THE ‘WINDFALL’

There are health insurance companies that just got a 40 percent windfall profit from this federal plan.

They weren’t expecting it.

The health care costs wind up getting shifted to us.

— Gov. Andrew Cuomo

John Murphy

injury where the costs can be staggering.”

Even discounting that eventuality, Murphy said that it will be older and sicker patients who will be seeking to purchase health insurance, “and their costs will inexorably rise because

Cuomo would also like to see New York adopt a 14 percent tax on the profits of the state’s health care insurers.

Called the Healthcare Insurance Windfall Profit Fee, Cuomo’s 2018-19 budget outline estimated the new tax could raise $140 million in revenue in the next state fiscal year that starts April 1. That money would be reinvested in state health care services, Cuomo said.

The governor in his budget address said the tax would attempt to capture some of the money health insurers are expected to save with the new federal tax bill that lowers the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent.

“There are health insurance companies that just got a 40 percent windfall profit from this federal plan,” Cuomo said. “They weren’t expecting it. The health care costs wind up getting shifted to us. I think it’s totally justifiable to have a tax to recoup part of their windfall benefit.”

But the state’s insurers have warned the tax will only raise costs for New Yorkers. Eric Linzer, president and CEO of the New York Health Plan Association, a trade organization promoting managed health care plans, said the windfall tax “treats health insurers differently than other insurers in New York and creates an uneven playing field in the state.”

they’re a riskier population.”

Murphy noted that in November the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that repealing the mandate would reduce federal deficits by about $338 billion over the 2018—2027 period and increase the number of uninsured people by 4 million in 2019 and

13 million in 2027. The two bodies have since said they expect to revise the uninsured number downward.

Murphy also decried the federal government’s ending of the ACA’s cost-sharing reduction program, which reduced individuals’ health insurance payments if they met certain criteria.

The end result again will be more people going without insurance, he said.

“We’re looking at tens of millions of dollars” lost by providing essentially free care to uninsured patients, Murphy said. “All of this is a step backwards from where we were even in 2010,” when the Affordable Care Act went into effect.

As for repealing the ACA entirely, Murphy doubted that Republicans still have the political ammunition and will necessary to mount yet another such effort in the wake of three major failures last year. Replacing the ACA with something else is also “unlikely,” he said.

Should the midterm elections later this year put Democrats in charge of either the House or Senate or both, “It’s going to get really complicated for Republicans,” Murphy said, “as I don’t see any legitimate replacement strategy on their side.”

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The comprehensive online data center will provide current and prospective Westchester businesses, not-for-profit organizations and governments with a multi-platformed, user-friendly source for up-to-date demographic information, statistical analysis and trend data about Westchester County.

The research will be conducted by Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, a not-for-profit policy, planning, advocacy and research organization.

It will go live on the BCW website in the first quarter of 2018.

The BCW Data Exchange will have the most up-to-date information on a wide variety of topics and issues impacting business in the county. Strategic areas will focus upon: demographics, snapshots of workforce data, housing, education, local government, transportation, infrastructure, real estate trends, municipal services and other vital data relevant to the attraction and retention of businesses in Westchester.

Customized reports will be available for those looking for a deeper dive into the data.

We’re pleased to be adding this valuable tool that will also offer an unparalleled resource for our urban centers and communities across the county that are undergoing a major revitalization,” said Marsha Gordon, President and CEO of the Business Council of Westchester.

would fill a real need in the business community. “We live in a world where having and understanding data is everything,’’ said Davidson. The comprehensive data available through the BCW Data Exchange will fuel the BCW and Westchester’s economic development efforts,” she added.

“We are fortunate to be working with Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress on this important initiative. They are uniquely positioned to step beyond the limits of analyzing data from a single perspective and take a 360-degree examination of the challenges and issues that impact and shape the communities of Westchester,” Gordon added.

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“The mission of this initiative is to provide the framework and foundation to build, and in some cases, rebuild a prosperous economy and sustainable communities within Westchester County by making informed decisions through data research and analysis,” said Jonathan Drapkin, President and CEO, Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress.

The idea of a comprehensive online data resource to help promote economic development in Westchester is the result of several years of strategic planning by the BCW Board of Directors. Board Member Heidi Davidson, who chairs the BCW’s data committee, said that the new service

In what was his first major address to the business community since being elected Westchester County Executive, George Latimer was the featured speaker at the BCW’s KeyBank Speakers Series Breakfast held December 12 at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown. From left, Joseph Markey, Senior Vice President and Middle Market Sales Leader, KeyBank; County Executive George Latimer; BCW President & CEO Marsha Gordon and BCW Chairman Anthony Justic.

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High-volume and high-end sales, low inventory mark Fairfield County housing market

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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airfield County’s housing market continued to resemble a seesaw during the final three months of 2017, with the highest quantity of fourth quarter sales in 13 years balanced against the lowest inventory in 17 years, according to a quarterly report by Douglas Elliman Real Estate. And capping the quarter were three sales that broke the $20 million mark.

The average fourth-quarter sales price in Fairfield County for all residential properties, including single-family homes and condominiums, was $696,086, 5.6 percent higher than the third

quarter and 21.2 percent above the $574,541 average price from the fourth quarter of 2016.

The median sales price for all residential properties in the county was $390,000, a 4.9 percent drop from the $410,000 level in the third quarter but up 4.8 percent from the $372,000 price one year earlier.

A total of 2,743 sales closed in the fourth quarter, down 18.4 percent from 3,361 in the third quarter but up 8.2 percent from 2,536 in the fourth quarter of 2016.

Properties sold in the fourth quarter were listed on the market an average of 129 days, up from 119 for the third quarter and 112 in the fourth quarter of 2016. Listed inventory in the

fourth quarter totaled 3,839 properties, a 31.6 percent plunge from 5,611 in the previous quarter and a 7.6 percent drop from the previous year’s closing quarter.

Among property types, the average sales price for a single-family Fairfield County home in the fourth quarter was $810,272, a 7.7 percent increase from the third quarter and a 24.9 percent upswing from one year earlier. The median fourth-quarter sales price was $457,000, down from $470,000 in the third quarter but an increase from $422,000 in the fourth quarter of 2016.

A total of 2,067 single family homes were sold, down from 2,952 single-family house sales in the third

quarter but a 30 percent increase from sales volume in the fourth quarter last year.

Among the Fairfield County submarkets, Greenwich recorded the highest average fourth-quarter sales price for a single-family home at $2.8 million. Greenwich also had the highest average sales price on condos at $1.1 million.

LUXURY HOME PRICES SOAR

In the county’s luxury homes market, the average fourth-quarter sales price was $2.98 million, up 19.3 percent from the third quarter and a nearly 40 percent increase from the previous year. The $2.2 million median sales price for luxury homes was up 12.8 percent from the third quarter and 26.7 percent higher than the $1.73 million median price in the fourth quarter of 2016.

Sales activity in the luxury market slumped from 341 properties sold in the

third quarter to 279 in the fourth quarter. But the market in the closing quarter of 2017 was was up 7.3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2016.

Highlighting Fairfield’s luxury market was a trio of fourth quarter sales that surpassed the $20 million mark. The properties, all in Greenwich, were 116 Oneida Drive, which sold for $20.37 million; 25 Lower Cross Road, sold for $21 million, and 9 Sabine Farm Road, which sold for $25 million.

“That’s something we’ve not seen in a very long time,” said Scott Durkin, president and COO of Douglas Elliman.

“We have serious sellers who are willing to negotiate and agents encouraging buyers to get a dialogue moving and get sales done.”

Julianne C. Ward, a real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in Greenwich, speculated that homebuyers are more at ease with today’s market and with themselves. “People are

more comfortable purchasing a home now, versus last year,” she said. “People have money to spend — of course, they always had it, but now they have a little more.

They are also confident in the economy, and prices are going down.”

David H. Haffenreffer, brokerage manager of Houlihan Lawrence’s Greenwich office, said the fourth-quarter housing market results made great publicity for Fairfield County.

“At a time when we’re getting a lot of headlines about the uber wealthy moving out of the state for tax reasons, this shows that people are moving into the state,” he said.

However, Peter Hastings, principal at Hastings Real Estate in Wilton, noted that the luxury market is not without lingering difficulties. “There are too many houses in the luxury market,” he said. “And certain towns are faring better than others. The waterfront communities are doing better than other areas.”

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JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT UP IN 2017

The Lower Hudson Valley added 7,100 nonfarm jobs in 2017, according to state Department of Labor estimates, but trailed the nation and state in job growth.

Employment in Westchester, Rockland and Orange counties grew by 1 percent, compared with 1.5 percent nationally and 1.2 percent statewide.

Despite more jobs, unemployment in the three-county region increased to 4.3 percent, from 4 percent a year ago. Nationally, unemployment narrowed to 3.9 percent from 4.5, and statewide to 4.4 percent from 4.5.

The region’s spike in unemployment can be explained in part by the dynamics of the labor market. More people were looking for work here.

The civilian labor force grew by 8,800 last year, to an estimated 805,500 people.

And 6,000 more people were employed, totaling 770,600.

But higher employment was offset by higher unemployment. An estimated 34,900 people didn’t find jobs, 2,800 more than the year before.

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All told, members of more than 120 teams, either professional or at the Division 1 college level, now use VKs, he said.

At a price of $199 per pair, VKs are likely to be bought only by athletes, which is VKTRY’s primary market, Wasik said. Nonathletes looking for therapeutic value are better served by products designed for that field, which typically cost around $70 a pair.

Nevertheless, Wasik said, “There are about 65 million athletes in the U.S. over 15 years old who participate in sports where ground force is a factor. We’ve got a lot of room to grow.”

VKTRY is just starting to dip its toe into international waters. Wasik said the company is testing its product in Australia and hopes to have a presence in three international markets by year’s end.

Wasik declined to give specific sales figures, but said the company grew five times on a year over year basis in 2017 and expects to grow 10 times larger this year. The company recently embarked upon a series A round of financing, and has engaged Stamford’s Hudson Partners Securities to help it raise $5 million in capital, he said.

jobs and 6,000 more people in the labor market is due to numbers calculated using different methodologies.

Nonfarm employment is based on a survey of 18,000 New York employers.

Unemployment rates are calculated with a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics model and based partly on a survey of 3,100 households.

Using the nonfarm employment estimates, the regional private sector grew by 6,100 jobs, or 1 percent, compared to 1.7 percent nationally and 1.4 percent statewide.

Government work increased by 1,000, or 0.9 percent, compared to only 0.2 nationally and 0.1 statewide.

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specialty trade contractors.

Leisure and hospitality lost 2,000 positions, including 1,900 in accommodation and food services.

The lowest unemployment rates in the three counties were Ramapo, 3.6 percent, and Greenburgh, Port Chester and Spring Valley, 3.7 percent.

The highest unemployment rates were in Mount Vernon, 6 percent, Newburgh, 5.7 percent and Haverstraw, 5.5 percent.

ELITE ADDING FLIGHTS FROM WHITE PLAINS TO MYRTLE BEACH

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Beginning on April 5, flights will run on Thursdays and Sundays, with early-bird fares starting at $199 each way.

The airline will also offer Thursday and Sunday direct flights from Albany

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Elite Airways said in a statement that the new routes mark an expanded presence in the popular vacation destination in South Carolina.

Elite Airways President John Pearsall said the company is pleased to expand its presence in White Plains and Myrtle Beach and believes “this is a win-win for passengers looking to enjoy world-class vacation getaways.”

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HGAR installs new president, officers

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he Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors installed Barry Kramer, co-owner of Westchester Choice Realty Inc. in Scarsdale, as its president for 2018.

Renee Zurlo, associate broker with BHG Rand Realty in Central Valley, was re-elected as president of the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service. Zurlo has served as president for the past two years.

“I am proud to have Barry and Renee at the helms of our organizations, and we’re looking forward to seeing great things from both of them this year,” said Richard Haggerty, HGAR CEO. Kramer has worked in real estate since 1997, when he joined an independent real estate office in Scarsdale as a salesperson.

He opened Westchester Choice Realty in 2008 with his husband and co-owner, John Crittenden. In 2016, they opened their second office in Hartsdale.

Zurlo started her real estate career in 1994 as a licensed salesperson before transitioning into management and training. She serves as a regional manager for Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty.

Other Hudson Gateway Association executive officers instated include Ron Garafalo of John Lease Realtors in Middletown as president-elect for 2019; John Olivero of

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Officers were welcomed to their new positions during an event held at the Scarsdale Golf Club in Hartsdale on Jan. 18.

The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors is nonprofit trade association with almost 11,000 members in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange counties, as well as the Bronx and Manhattan. It is the second largest association of Realtors in New York.

The Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service, owned by Hudson Gateway Association, features roughly 20,000 properties in the Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties.

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Terminello. The state contends that DeSilva Jr. managed the operation and that Terminello owned 15 percent of the business.

State Supreme Court Justice Charles D. Wood of Westchester Supreme Court held a special hearing in White Plains on matters that have “no triable issues of fact.”

His Jan. 2 decision only addresses charges against Champion and DeSilva Sr. The culpability of DeSilva Jr. and Terminello have yet to be determined.

DeSilva Sr. claims in court papers that neither he nor his son participated in any scheme to defraud or mislead customers. He says Terminello looted the company.

DeSilva Jr. says all he did was answer the telephone and take orders. But when he was asked in another lawsuit about his work at Champion, the judge noted, he refused to answer questions and asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege against

self-incrimination.

Terminello claims the DeSilvas forged his signature on checks and documents.

“The DeSilvas and Terminello appear to be playing the blame game,” Wood said in his decision. But he found that the evidence clearly shows that DeSilva Sr. is the majority owner of Champion.

Wood ordered Champion and DeSilva Sr. to stop engaging in fraudulent practices, account for all customers who prepaid for oil and services and pay restitution and damages to all victims of the scheme.

In the 2013 Nu Way case, a court ordered the DeSilvas to stop selling home fuel oil unless they posted a $200,000 performance bond. They were ordered to pay $692,879 in restitution, damages and penalties.

They never posted the bond, the attorney general said, and they paid only $49,499 of the judgment.

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Hudson Valley may still be contender for Amazon HQ2

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mazon on Jan. 18 released a list of 20 cities that are finalists for its muchsought-after second North American headquarters, which includes a New York City regional bid.

While only New York City is named directly in the list, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed the company is considering a bid that includes New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley.

The company received 238 proposals from cities and regions throughout North America last year after announcing plans for the second headquarters. Local government officials in the U.S., Canada and Mexico were likely enticed by the online commerce giant's promise of 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investment.

In October, New York's economic development arm, Empire State Development, announced it had split its bids to Amazon into four regions: Buffalo and Rochester; Syracuse, Utica and the Mohawk Valley; the Albany Capital Region; and New York City, Long Island and Mid-Hudson.

Amazon's list eliminated all of New York's entries except for the New York City metropolitan region. While state officials have remained quiet on specifics of its proposals to Amazon, the October announcement said each submission is "supported by a full complement of state incentives."

That includes Excelsior tax credits tied to potential job creation, along with assistance in developing of office space, workforce development, educational programming and research collaborations.

Former Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino made a flashy presentation in September when he announced the county would bid for the headquarters. In a press conference in front of the County Center in White Plains, Astorino had his prepared remarks flown in by drone to emulate Amazon’s experiments with drone deliveries.

City officials in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon, meanwhile, promised to bid separately.

New York City's bid included four neighborhoods: the West Side of Manhattan; Lower Manhattan; Long Island City in Queens; and an area known as the Brooklyn Tech Triangle, which includes Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Ultimately each individual bid had to be sent to the state economic development office, which sent final proposals to Amazon using the regional approach.

Bids from Connecticut economic development officials focused on the Hartford and Stamford regional areas. Neither was listed as a finalist.

Newark in New Jersey is a finalist, where

feet of modern office space available in 2018 and another 7.5 million square feet within a decade.

Amazon expects to make a decision sometime this year. The finalists are: Atlanta; Austin; Boston; Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; Denver; Indianapolis; Los Angeles; Miami; Montgomery County, Maryland; Nashville; Newark; New York City; Northern Virginia; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Raleigh; Toronto; Washington, D.C.

state officials have dangled $7 billion worth of tax incentives.

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CEO AND ACQUISITION ANNOUNCED BY COMPASS

Westport financial consultancy Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC and Compass Diversified Holdings — known collectively as CODI — announced that Elias J. Sabo will become its CEO effective May 3. Sabo will also be appointed to the company's board of directors at that time.

Sabo, a founding partner of the company's manager, Compass Group Management LLC, will succeed Alan B. Offenberg, who is retiring from his positions as CEO and as a director of the company, following his 20-year tenure with the firm.

For the past 20 years, Sabo has been a member of Compass Group Management’s investment committee and, alongside Offenberg, has played a central role in directing CODI's strategy. Sabo also serves as a director for a number of CODI's current subsidiaries.

CODI owns and manages a diverse family of established North American middle-market businesses, which is about to grow. The company announced an agreement to acquire Foam Fabricators Inc. for $247.5 million.

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MALLOY TOUTS BENEFITS OF INNOVATION FUND

To date, the state’s Manufacturing Innovation Fund has assisted nearly 900 companies and invested over $43.7 million to help accelerate growth, cultivate talent and boost investments in innovation, according to Gov. Dannel Malloy and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Catherine Smith.

Created in 2014, the Manufacturing Innovation Fund supports the growth, innovation, and progress of Connecticut’s advanced manufacturing sector. The program, which is managed by an advisory board consisting of manufacturing leaders from across the state, focuses on distressed communities, with 47 percent of manufacturers residing within 37 designated communities. Those communities include Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford.

In 2017 alone, more than 4,500 full-time employees completed training that resulted in upgraded skills and increased productivity.

“Advanced manufacturing is and will remain a critical part of Connecticut’s economy and way of life for years to come,” said Malloy.

“From our unparalleled talent pipeline to our state-of-the-art programs and equipment, the investments we make today will set our employers up for long-term success.”

GOULDEN NAMED CFO AT PRICELINE GROUP

The Priceline Group has named David Goulden as executive vice president and CFO, effective March 1.

Goulden will succeed Daniel J. Finnegan, who announced his retirement as CFO in 2017 after 14 years with the Norwalkheadquartered company.

Goulden was previously president of Dell Technologies’ Infrastructure Solutions Group. Before that, he joined EMC Corp. in 2002 serving as executive vice president of global marketing and business development, and was later promoted to CFO. EMC Corp. was acquired

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FIRST COUNTY BANK OPENING BRANCH IN FAIRFIELD

First County Bank is opening its first full-service branch in Fairfield, which it says will provide more convenient banking services to its customers in Lower Fairfield County. The new branch, at 1312 Post Road, diagonally across from the Fairfield Library, is due to open in early February following completion of renovations.

The Fairfield branch’s retail staff will be led by Branch Manager Benedict Peter and Assistant Branch Manager Iliana Nikolova.

Also on-site will be bankers specializing in business banking and residential lending. Investment and trust services will be provided by First County Advisors, the wealth management division of First County Bank.

— Kevin Zimmerman and Phil Hall

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THE LIST: Information Technology Service Providers

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

Information Technology Service Providers

Listed alphabetically.

Name Address Area code: 914 unless otherwise noted Website

Top local executive(s) Title(s) Description Year established fffff ffffff

Name Address Area code: 914 unless otherwise noted Website

Top local executive(s) Title(s) Year established fffff ffffff

Description

3rd Angle Search

Mike Sancimino Vice president 1999

Online marketing solutions

Geeks on Wheels

Dylan Hall President 2003

Computer maintenance, monitoring and repair services

All Covered

Todd Croteau President 1997

Computing, networking and application needs of businesses

Grayson Computer Services Inc.

Vincent Grayson Owner 2002

Computer technology sales, solutions and support

Annese Associates

Frank J. Annese Founder 1970

Telecommunications equipment provider

Hudson Valley HelpDesk Inc.

Lenny Hodgdon President 2004

IT consulting firm

Basha Systems LLC

Seth G. Rowland President 1996

Technological solutions for legal services

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Computer repair service

Thomas Jacobs Sr. CEO, president and founder 1998

Cloud phone system service provider

Tom Mahony Owner 2008

Web design, cybersecurity, technology consulting and repair services

Paul Okura President 2006

Provider of outsourced IT management services

Daniel Lansen and

IT support company providing technology

800 Westchester Ave., Suite 641-N, Rye Brook 10573 697-7510 • 3rdanglesearch.com

200 White Plains Road, Fifth floor, Tarrytown 10591 866-446-1133 • allcovered.com

333 Westchester Ave., Suite 220, White Plains 10604 359-4400 • annese.com

17 Lakeview Avenue East, Cortlandt Manor 10567 800-725-0326 • bashasys.com

BEYONEX Computer Systems & Repair

184 Pinewood Road, Hartsdale 10530 607-3933 • beyonex.net

BNCVOICE

2 John Walsh Blvd., Suite 201, Peekskill 10566 290-4250 • bncvoice.com

Bronxville Computer and Web Design

Bronxville 10708 337-2300 • bronxvillecomputer.com

CMIT Solutions of Southern Westchester

5 Cypress Road, Eastchester 10709 346-5446 • cmitsolutions.com/southern-westchester/

Compufit LLC

222 Bloomingdale Road, Suite 400, White Plains 10604 John Nunes, partners solutions for the 1995 741-6500 • compufit.com

mid-market company

Computer Solutions East

Luke Celent Managing partner 2006

Provider of computer services and products

Computer Troubleshooters

Jason Kay Owner 1999

Computer repair services

Corstar Communications LLC

Robert Cacace CEO 1969

Full-service computer networking firm

E-core IT Solutions

Marcio Silveira President and CEO 1999

Atlassian consulting services and application outsourcing company

Eler Technologies Inc.

Edward Joseph Owner 1995

Computer design, installation, administration and maintenance services

481 Main St., Suite 100, New Rochelle 10801 355-5800 • computersolutionseast.com

434 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck 10543 202-9793 • mylocalct.com

40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne 10532 347-2700 • corstar.com

50 Main St., White Plains 10606 682-2009 • e-core.com

445 Hamilton Ave., Suite 1102, White Plains 10601 332-8406 • eler.com

47 Halstead Ave., Suite LL1, Harrison 10528 562-1800 • geeks-on-wheels.net

665 White Plains Road, Eastchester 10709 337-5425 • graycomp.net

420 S. Riverside Ave., Croton-on-Hudson 10520 729-9103 • hudsonvalleyhelpdesk.com

KL Tech Consulting LLC

77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 1-SWB, White Plains 10607 513-2030 • kltech.com

Note: Some addresses are withheld at the company's discretion.

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Bryan LaMarca and Provider of tech support, Adam Karp, co-founders maintenance and and managing partners deployment 2002

Thomas Leonard CEO 1995

Designs, installs and maintains customized local area networks (LANs), Internet access, and phone systems

NA 1999

IT and security services provider

Onsite Computer Services

Gordon Updegraff President 1996

IT services and support solutions for companies that outsource their IT services

Panda Technology Group

Perry Grosser Owner 1995

Web design and development

Performance Connectivity Inc.

Wayne Libonati President 1997

Provides IT services to small and mid-sized businesses

R & R Computer Service

John Raimondi Owner 1999

Computer repair services

Superior Computer Services Inc.

Marc Barash President 1981

Provides a range of IT services

The Tech Angels of New Rochelle

William Shields Owner 2008

Technology repair company with service programs for seniors

TeamLogic IT

Allen Chu President 2016

Provides a range of IT services

TragerMedia

Rick Trager President and owner 1998

Computer setup, repair, instruction, web design and hosting

LANline Communications

65 Court St., Suite 32, White Plains 10601 397-0500 • lanline.net

New York IT Service

650 Halstead Ave., Suite 201C, Mamaroneck 10543 202-0061 • nyitservice.com

923 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 115, Ardsley 10502 800-804-0088 • onsitecomputerservices.net

17 Rocky Ridge Road, West Harrison 10604 582-0742 • panda9.com

2900 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10573 934-9775 • performanceconnectivity.com

891 Mile Square Road, Yonkers 10704 422-1804 • randrservice.com

740 S. Fulton Ave., Mount Vernon 10550 668-6000 • supercompserv.com

177A E. Main St., Suite 259, New Rochelle 10801 482-8633 • techangels.com

170 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 204, White Plains 10601 768-8061 • teamlogicit.com/whiteplainsny

12 Westchester Ave., Suite 6J, White Plains 10601 682-7078 • tragermedia.com

This list is a sampling of information technology companies that are located in the region.

If you would like to include your company in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com.

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Partners’ business platform promotes all things sustainable

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

“I

t is a feel-good kind of a thing, when your business practices align with your values,” said Analiese Paik, co-founder of Sustainne LLC, a recently launched platform that connects consumers with Fairfield County businesses that follow sustainability principles.

Paik came to sustainability in a career shift: she was vice president of the New Business Group at Lehman Brothers before launching the digital publication Fairfield Green Food Guide in 2009. Her partner in Sustainne, Amy Kalafa,

had previously focused on sustainability issues in her work as a documentary filmmaker in “Two Angry Moms,” author of the book “Lunch Wars” and co-founder of the Lachat Town Farm, a community farm in Weston that offers educational programs related to agriculture, the environment, sustainability and nutrition. But in planning Sustainne, the duo came to redefine sustainability beyond ecological science.

“Sustainability is really about engaging all of the stakeholders involved in the community,” said Kalafa. “It involves responsibly reusing and recycling materials. But it is also about economic sustainability — look at paid

family leave, or how we can support businesses that are doing the right thing.”

Businesses and nonprofits listed on the Sustainne platform initially fill out a survey that identifies their commitment to three pillars of sustainability as defined by Paik and Kalafa.

The first pillar focuses on environmental tenets related to natural resources and waste management, sourcing, energy and transportation and workspace quality.

Considerations here cover the spectrum from recycling waste paper to utilizing hybrid or electric vehicles for business purposes.

The second pillar takes aim at people power, with an emphasis on community engagement, volunteerism and mentoring, employee well-being and stakeholder engagement. Considerations here can stretch from offering employees gym memberships to transparent disclosure of financial information with staff.

The third pillar encompasses prosperity and touches

Sustainne LLC co-founders Analiese Paik, left, and Amy Kalafa at Shearwater Coffee Bar in Fairfield, a company listed on the Sustainne platform. Photo by Phil Hall.

on sustainability management and reporting, certification and labeling, financial practices and organizational structure.

Concerns here range from whether Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) are in place to whether longterm investments in sustainability are regularly measured.

“Our listings are a way to present the sustainability story at a deeper level,” Kalafa said, noting the human element plays an equal role to material goods in sustainability. “Whatever is important to you as a consumer, you can find it in our searchable index. Whether it

is seeking out women- and minority-owned businesses or connecting with firms that hire people with disabilities.”

“Sustainability is a really big tent and we’re trying to focus on businesses that have all different aspects of sustainability,” added Paik.

Paik and Kalafa self-funded Sustainne’s creation on a $10,000 budget and their website went live last October.

The fee for an entity to be listed on Sustainne varies based on industry. Farms and food service companies pay $150 per year, while small businesses are charged $300 per year and enterprise-level opera-

tions pay $450 per year.

“If you look at advertising costs in Fairfield County, that’s a really, really good deal,” said Paik.

Businesses and nonprofits listed on Sustainne are also included in a private Facebook forum that enables them to network and share information on best practices and operations. For consumers, Sustainne also features original blog postings on corporate, culinary and lifestyle topics.

“We’re both storytellers and both fascinated with the different initiatives,” Paik said.

Sustainne currently has 22 Fairfield County entities listed and has also received inquiries from Westchester businesses seeking to be part of the platform. “We’re in the 1.0 stage and we have plans for 2.0 and beyond,” Kalafa said.

For Paik, the ultimate act of sustainability would be to use that concept to reanimate the Connecticut economy.

“Sustainability is key to economic growth in our state,” she said. “We are losing more jobs than we are gaining.”

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THE LIST: Information Technology Service Providers

FAIRFIELD COUNTY

Information Technology Service Providers

Fairfield County

Listed alphabetically.

Name Address Area code: 203 unless otherwise noted Website

Top local executive(s) Title(s) Year established fffff ffffff

Description

A+ Perfect Computers LLC

Isabel Lopez President 2007

Computer repair company

Absolute Access Inc.

Al Alper Founder and president 1991

Provider of IT services, software and business solutions

Advanced Computer Technologies Inc.

Keith Bedell President 1982

Provider of IT services and support

The Allen Group Inc.

Eugene Allen President and owner 1997

Web, mobile and software development services

Ament Technology Solutions

Alex Sulpizi Founder and CEO 1995

Audiovisual, IT and cyber security and business phone services

Ash Creek Enterprises Inc.

Mark Calzone President 1999

IT services and solutions provider

Beyond IT Support

Kathryn Burshtein Principal 2003

Technology management provider

Canaan Technology

David Felton Principal and founder 2001

Full-service managed IT services

Carlstone Consulting

Richard Gordon Founder 1990

IT and customer relationship management services

Jeff Connally President and CEO 1997

Customized and specialized IT services

Samuel Urda President 1967

Provides a full range of computer services

Johannes Banck Chief information officer 2008

IT tech support and maintenance

Computer Troubleshooters of Greater Danbury

Rick Van Akin Owner and general manager 1997

Business, voice over IP service and residential technology services

Computer Works

Adam Gitow Owner 2001

Technical services and computer repair

Crestview IT Solutions LLC

Jay Ligouri President and owner 2008

IT services and solutions provider

CyrusOne - Norwalk Data Center

Gary Wojtaszek President and CEO 2001

Technology solutions, including connectivity and disaster recovery

Datto Inc.

Austin McChord CEO 2007

Computer consultant and technology services

Nancy Lavoie and Deborah J. MacIntyre Co-owners 1999

IT services and hardware replacement

Everything IT

Fredd Fishman Owner 2004

Full-service computer hardware and software provider

Fast-teks Fairfield County

NA 2004

Equipment setup, installation and technology services

Flagship Networks

Michael J. Egmont CEO 2000

Managed IT and installation services

Gartner Inc.

Eugene A. Hall CEO 1979

Technology-based research and advisory company

NA 2005

Computer hardware, software and networking solutions

2000 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield 06825 549-9761 • aplusperfect.com

44 Old Ridgefield Road, Suite 216, Wilton 06897 855-255-1550 • absoluteaccess.biz

108 Main St., Norwalk 06851 847-9433 • actweb.com

50 Washington St., Seventh floor, Norwalk 06854 855-5777 • theallengroup.com

26 Fahey St., Stamford 06907 355-2400 • amnetsystems.com

1110 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford 06615 290-1395 • ashcreek.com

64 Wall St., Suite 400, Norwalk 06850 866-863-8388 • beyonditsupport.net

30 Belden Ave., Norwalk 06850 847-2444 • canaantechnology.com

31 Jennie Lane, Westport 06880 226-0026 • carlstone.com

CMIT Solutions*

501 Westport Ave., No. 262, Norwalk 06851 • 539-6321 1177 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06905 • 595-9091 cmitsolutions.com

Computer Programming & Systems Inc.

1011 High Ridge Road, Suite 208, Stamford 06905 324-9203 • cpsincorp.com

Computer Systems Support & Design LLC

172 Georgetown Road, Weston 06883 541-5448, ext. 211 • cssdllc.com

355 Federal Road, Brookfield 06804 702-2103 • cts-danbury.com

483C Monroe Turnpike, Monroe 06488 445-9059 • computerworksct.com

929 White Plains Road, No. 322, Trumbull 06611 268-5947 • crestviewit.com

6 Norden Place, Norwalk 06855 855-564-3198 • cyrusone.com

101 Merritt 7, Seventh floor, Norwalk 06851 888-294-6312 • datto.com

Denna Computer Services

774 Federal Road, Brookfield 06804 740-0821 • dennapc.com

304 Main Ave., Suite 350, Norwalk 06851 858-3984 • everythingit.biz

888-917-3278 • fastteks.com/FairfieldCounty/

100 Beard Sawmill Road, Suite 340, Shelton 06484 538-0800 • flagshipnetworks.com

56 Top Gallant Road, Stamford 06902 964-0096 • gartner.com

Go2techs.net

400 Post Road, Fairfield 06824 292-6774 • go2techs.net

Name Address Area code: 203 unless otherwise noted Website

Top local executive(s) Title(s) Year established fffff ffffff

Description

Hi-Link Technology Group

Jerry Lin President 1990

Provider of technology services and security

Impact Business Technology

Neil Holme Owner 2001

Managed security and IT service provider

Information Services Group Inc.

Michael P. Connors Chairman and CEO 2006

Global technology research and advisory firm

JD Technology Group LLC

Joe DeMarsico CEO 2006

IT consulting and solutions firm

John Mathewson 2002

Software company creating custom apps and mobile solutions

Monroe Business Associates LLC

Marilyn Greenberg President 1989

Provides PC training for employees of Connecticut businesses

NANTES Solutions

Maryne Robin Owner 1999

Full-service customized technology strategies for businesses

Netology LLC

Jamie D’Agostino CEO 2002

Business IT support and service provider

The Network Support Co.

Jim Kennedy Founder and CEO 1996

Managed services, technical IT support and cloud computing services

Network Synergy

Dana Gargano Owner 1988

Technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting

The New England Computer Group Inc.

Frank Ballatore President 1992

Network security, managed IT services, backup and recovery and cloud services

Number Crunchers Unlimited

William Roman CEO 1990

Full-service computer repair and technology consultancy firm

Jackie and Julius Alexander Owners 2003

Computer repair and at-home network and telecommuter setup

Irene FitzSimons President 1989

Solutions, managed and cloud services and staff augmentation

Don Gordon and Tim Quinn Founding partners 1985

Provides outsourced IT needs

SoftLink Resources

Stephanie Philips Owner 1992

Technical support and network design and implementation

Southridge Technology

Joe Garzi President and founder 2001

IT services and hardware replacement

The TNS Group

Ami Soifer Co-founder and CEO 1996

Managed IT services and strategic guidance

Transcend Business Solutions

Linda Rowan President 2004

Technology staffing and services company

Ultra Golden Software LLC

Paul S. Davis Founder 2004

Managed IT and installation services

U.S. Computer Connection

Garry Feldman President and founder 2008

Managed IT services for businesses, data backup and cyber security

Virtual Density LLC

Christopher Furey Founder 2008

Fully managed cloudcomputing services

Webs for Good LLC

Patti Geanakos Owner 1993

Web design firm and technology platforms

60 Progress Drive, Stamford 06902 388-7100 • hi-link.com

10 Tumberry Lane, Sandy Hook 06482 364-0052 • impactbt.com

2 Stamford Plaza, 281 Tresser Blvd., Stamford 06901 517-3100 • isg-one.com

46 Saint Charles Ave., Stamford 06907 554-1596 • jdtechgrp.com

Kyo Logic LLC

37 North Ave., Suite 105, Norwalk 06851 221-3033, ext. 108 • kyologic.com

452-8390 • monroebusiness.com

65 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06905 503-2724 • nantessolutions.com

1200 Summer St., Suite 301, Stamford 06905 844-326-6625 • netologyllc.com

7 Kenosia Ave., Danbury 06810 744-2274 • network-support.com

126 Monroe Turnpike, Trumbull 06611 261-2201 • netsynergy.com

12 Precision Road, Danbury 06810 431-9300 • necgnet.com

452-1771 • numbercrunch.com

PCLinkZ

236 Cedar Lane, New Canaan 06840 539-9093 • pclinkz.com

PCS Connecticut

175 Constitution Boulevard South, Shelton 06484 929-0000 • precisiongroup.com

Pylon Technology

136 Main St., Westport 06880 930-3410 • pylontechnology.com

7365 Main St., Stratford 06615 377-2111 • slrgroup.com

246 Federal Road, Brookfield 06804 431-8324 • southridgetech.com

3 Landmark Square, Suite 600, Stamford 06901 316-0112 • thetnsgroup.com

30 Grassy Plain St., Unit 5A, Bethel 06801 790-5222 • transcendbus.com

35 Narrows Rocks Road, Westport 06880 227-4009 • ultragolden.com

933 Hope St., Stamford 06907 356-0444 • uscomputer.com

4 Liberty St., Danbury 06810 987-4566 • virtualdensity.com

199 Elm St., New Canaan 06840 966-8308 • websforgood.com

This list is a sampling of information technology companies that are located in the region. If you would like to include your company in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com.

Note: Some addresses are withheld at the company's discretion.

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Mount Vernon schools file suit over tax abatement deal

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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he Mount Vernon Board of Education is claiming that Mayor Richard Thomas and the city’s Industrial Development Agency have approved an illegal tax abatement deal with a developer.

Even aside from the legality of the deal, the school board claims, the size of the tax break is excessive.

“The agreement operates as a gift of public funds,” the school board states in a complaint filed on Jan. 16 in state Supreme Court in White Plains.

“We think the lawsuit is baseless and an unnecessary waste of tax dollars to the city and the school district,” IDA spokesman Ned

McCormack said.

The developer, Enclave Equities, did not respond to a request for comment.

Enclave Equities of Purchase is building 179 apartments on MacQuesten Avenue near the Metro-North Fleetwood train station.

The developer has razed a warehouse at 645 MacQuesten, next to the Classic Audi repair shop, and it has begun demolition of a warehouse at 525 MacQuesten. The plans for The Enclave at Fleetwood call for building two clusters of low-rise buildings. The market-rate apartments are designed for young professionals without children.

But state law does not sanction the use of payment in lieu of tax agreements for market-rate apartments, the complaint states. The IDA’s

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own uniform tax-exempt policy includes only “affordable housing” and “senior housing” as types of residential properties eligible for PILOT benefits.

McCormack said the IDA does have the authority to approve such projects and it took every step necessary to comply with its policies.

The school board complaint calculates that the tax abatement will enable Enclave Equities to pay lower taxes on properties that will be worth $47.9 million than it has been paying on the warehouses valued at $10 million: $184,260 versus $475,057.

The completed project without a PILOT agreement, the complaint claims, should pay $1,146,205.

The school board calculated that Enclave Equities will realize a net operating

income of nearly $2.7 million in the first year, including the reduced tax payments, and nearly $3.4 million by the ninth year.

“Even if the proposed agreement were legal,” states the complaint filed by attorney Thomas Scapoli, the deal is an “illegal gift of public funds.”

The IDA, McCormack said, hired Urvashi Kaul, an adjunct professor of international finance at Columbia University, to analyze the deal.

“It’s going to create economic activity in an area that needs to be revitalized,” McCormack said. The development will create a “virtuous economic cycle,” whereby jobs are created, new residents shop locally, more developers are attracted to the area and the tax base is revitalized.

He said the developer’s profit, about 5 percent, is a fair return for the risk it is taking.

The school board claims

Enclave at Fleetwood rendering.

that the IDA failed to provide evidence or analysis in support of its decision to approve the deal. It is demanding that the tax abatement agreement be voided, that the IDA be stopped from making similar deals and that Enclave be required to pay the full tax rate.

Nine Mount Vernon residents joined in the lawsuit: Serigne M. Gningue,

Rosemarie Jarosz, Micah J.B. McOwen, Stanley Russo, Adriane G. Saunders, Arlen Torres, Wanda White, Israel Williams and Lesly Zamor.

The tax exemptions, the complaint states, “are excessive and improperly shift the tax burden from the wealthy developers to the remaining taxpayers of Mount Vernon.”

McCormack said that it’s a nice piece of property that needs to be developed and added, “We can’t have the city not developing.”

WARNING: Your Business Is More Likely To Be The Victim Of Cybercrime NOW Than Ever Before…

Though we are in the midst of an unprecedented rise in high-profile cybercrime incidents, it’s easy to assume that our own much smaller businesses are safe. Sure, we think, hacking into the data stores of J.P. Morgan, the U.S. Government, or Virgin America can net hackers millions and millions of dollars. Why would they bother with a small business?

But unfortunately for all of us, hackers actually do bother with small businesses across the country — these attacks just don’t make the news. By some estimates, including one reported in Media Planet, more than half of small businesses have had their data compromised. According to StaySafeOnline.org, these attacks, targeting small to midsize companies, now comprise over 70% of all data breaches. In fact, ransomware attacks alone have increased 250% since 2016.

Digital assets of small businesses are often hidden behind nothing more than a single, often weak, password. With thousands of business owners going about their day-to-day, utterly oblivious to their paper-thin security, the question turns from “Why would hackers bother with my small business?” to “Why wouldn’t they?”

Though cybercriminals may come away with less than they might have had they targeted a Fortune

citizens through dedicated denial of service (DDOS) attacks, spear phishing campaigns, ransomware and malware attacks and other computer hacks or cyber intrusions.”

– U.S. Attorney Daily

500 company, it certainly isn’t going to seem cheap to you. According to one TechRepublic analysis, an average cyber-attack on a small business can cost as much as $256,000. Is that a sudden cost your company can weather?

“The broad reach of cyber criminals can be felt almost every day in Connecticut, day after day, we learn of companies, municipalities, educational institutions, hospitals, public utilities, nonprofits and citizens being targeted by bad actors. These cyber criminals seek to disrupt our work, steal our intellectual property, compromise the personal or financial information of employees, customers and

Luckily, there is hope. Though small business owners often assume that effective cyber security solutions lie far outside their budget range, robust digital security is now more affordable than ever.

By investing in comprehensive protection, small businesses can deflect even the most persistent hackers.

Here are some quick steps to take that will help your business stay secure: • Require strong passwords and encrypt PC’s and mobile devices.

• Keep your network and all devices patched and updated • Have a Business-Class backup both On-Premise and in the cloud.

• Don’t allow employees to access company data with personal devices that are not monitored.

• Train and test your staff on cyber security and how to spot phishing emails.

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• Have your domain and emails monitored for Dark Web activities.

• Use dual authentication for your emails.

Even as digital crime climbs at a staggering rate, and hundreds of small businesses are forced to close their doors for good, thousands of owners fail to notice, assuming they’ll somehow be spared from an attack. Don’t be one of them. Invest in regularly maintained, powerful cyber security, and ensure the future of your company.

Give us a call and find out how we can help better secure your business and protect you from cyber criminals that are preying on your business.

For a complimentary no strings attached Cyber Security assessment of your business go to www.

NantesSolutions.com/Assessment or give us a call at 203-504-8204 and one of our specialist will be able to help you out.

Maryne Robin is the CEO of Nantes Solutions, an IT Services Company Specialzing in Network Security, Cybersecurity staff training and more. Serving small to medium sized businesses in Fairfield and Westchester County. Maryne can be reached Maryne@NantesSolutions.com

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THE ROBERTS REPORT

BY ALEXANDER ROBERTS

Housing, addiction and a society in decline

L WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY?

BY MARK STEVENS

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o often in business, we're told to accept things because, well, "That's just the way it works.

Always has. Always will."

To that ridiculous and absurd axiom I say: "Nonsense."

All too often, we are expected to bow down to conventional wisdom even though conventional wisdom isn't "wisdom" any longer: it's often just a set of blindly accepted conventions.

Case in point is the all-too familiar 80/20 rule. This holds that 20 percent of something (say your sales reps), generate 80 percent of the company's revenues.

Sounds plausible so we just shake our heads in agreement. Some people are simply and inarguably better than others. Of course that's true, but it's insane to accept that limitation as divine.

Why? Because in doing so, we are really saying that's it's OK if 80 percent of our salespeople are laggards. Are you really happy with that?

Of course not, so you need to challenge conventional wisdom, driving toward a performance grid whereby all of your salespeople hit and then exceed your quotas/expectations.

How do you get there?

1. Identify the winners and hold them up as role models.

2. Related to this, give them incen-

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tives to mentor others.

3. When people demonstrate that they cannot or will not raise the bar on their performance, terminate them. (The truth is that I've found that 90 percent of people with the title "salesperson" on their business cards, can't sell anything.)

4. Change the way that you hire salespeople. I have always found that the best candidates are those who worked on commission-only in past and thus could only "eat what they killed." They didn't draw paychecks, they created them. That's always a major dividing line in business.

So you see that one of the stalwarts of conventional wisdom, the vaunted 80/20 rule, is simply lazy thinking. And this applies not only to salespeople but marketing campaigns, product/service development/customer service and the like.

By challenging the 80/20 folly (by telling yourself "it doesn't have to be that way,"$ you open the door to fresh thinking and far higher performance.

It's time to shoot for the 99/1 rule.

It's not only better mathematics, it's far more inspired leadership.

Mark Stevens is CEO of Almost Science and author of the best seller Your Marketing Sucks , founder of the marketing firm MSCO where he remains an advisor. Contact Mark@almostscience.us.

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ast summer, our social services agency, Community Housing Innovations, finished an expensive, nearly year-long battle to remove a federally subsidized Yonkers tenant who had installed her adult children in the apartment, apparently dealing drugs, and from where a gun was discharged through the floor into the apartment of the family living below.

In December in Mount Vernon, we spent many months trying to evict a tenant whose behavior provoked a petition by other tenants because of loud and threatening behavior, also apparently connected to illegal substance abuse.

When there was a stabbing in that apartment, police responded but didn’t arrest anyone because the victim would not press charges and officers said they had no probable cause to enter the apartment. They did helpfully warn other tenants not to slip on the blood in the hallway.

The above incidents involved market tenants.

However, the inability of society at large to enforce what used to be called “societal norms” is no more evident than in the new approach to programs for supportive housing for the homeless.

As a social services agency dealing with the homeless, we are seeing more deaths from drug overdoses. While not surprising given the thousands of vulnerable people we serve and the fact that drug overdoses now constitute the leading cause of death of Americans under 50, I believe a new, radical

approach to what used to constitute illegal behavior contributes to the trend.

Up until recently, we could evict a tenant in supportive housing for taking controlled substances, possessing drug paraphernalia or testing positive for illegal substances. An addicted tenant might even end up in jail or forced treatment as an example to other participants. As a practical matter, we do not do so as our job is to engage these tenants and save their housing.

Addiction was regarded as a personal failing, although it is now recognized universally by medical professionals as a behavioral disease and treated as such.

Still, the threat of eviction provided a powerful incentive to seek treatment and change behavior.

No longer.

Under Obama-era rules continued by the Trump administration, housing providers funded by HUD nationwide must adhere to “Housing First” principles, which include a radical approach to mentally ill and addicted tenants.

Under Housing First, you may continue to shoot heroin in your apartment and refuse any services.

As stated in the Housing First Checklist, promulgated by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, “Services are informed by a harm-reduction philosophy that recognizes that drug and alcohol use and addiction are a part of some tenants’ lives.

Tenants are engaged in nonjudgmental communication regarding drug and alcohol use and are offered education regarding how to avoid risky behaviors and engage

in safer practices.”

Developed for the 15 percent of homeless people living in the streets for one year or more — the so-called chronically homeless — Housing First principles now encompass all homeless programs in the nation. In an effort to get the chronically homeless off the streets voluntarily, HUD has prioritized them for placement. However, since Congress did not increase the HUD budget, the agency is forcing local nonprofit housing consortiums to reallocate funding, requiring them to withdraw subsidies from existing programs that have housed formerly homeless veterans, victims of domestic violence, addicts and the mentally ill for a decade or more.

Last year I spoke with one of our mentally ill tenants in supportive housing since 2008, whose HUD program was terminated. She is the mother of two children, with a heroin addiction and a fulltime job, who has remained sober. I asked her whether she would have relapsed knowing that we could not evict her for using. “In a millisecond,” she answered.

Terminating stably housed vulnerable tenants who have followed the rules to make room for the street homeless who will not, offends any normal sense of justice and morality.

Such is the state of affairs in America today with the decline of religion and values.

Unfortunately, “nonjudgmental” societies don’t have a good track record of survival. History has shown time and again that once a society loses its moral order or foundation myth and becomes no more than a collection of individuals asserting their rights, it withers from within and dies. The elevation of anti-social and self-destructive behaviors to legitimate lifestyle choices will not improve society in the long run.

Alexander Roberts is executive director of Community Housing Innovations Inc. in White Plains. He can be reached at aroberts@chigrants.org or 914-683-1010.

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Mental health toolkit helps employees find Zen zone at work

BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

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orkplace wellness has become a hot topic in the business community in recent years, with medical screenings, health education seminars and on-site fitness facilities becoming increasingly popular.

Yet while employers are shelling out $8 billion annually on employee wellness, according to a report from IBISWorld, many programs avoid tackling mental health.

“If someone has been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, for example, people have now reached a point” where many feel comfortable talking openly about their diagnosis, said Phillip Ginter, regional director of community initiatives at HealthlinkNY. “We haven’t reached a point where we’re comfortable talking about mental health in the workplace.”

To assist employers in making their employees’ mental health a priority, HealthlinkNY Community Network created a Workplace Wellness Mental Health Toolkit. This 55-page document offers ideas, tools and materials that companies can use to ensure their employees’ mental wellness.

“We’ve taken what can be a daunting process and broken it down into actionable steps,” Ginter said.

The toolkit, available online at workplacewellnessny.org, includes a self-audit for organizations and an anonymous survey for employees, with questions

ranging from their opinions on their employer’s policies to their stress levels in the workplace. These documents, Ginter said, can help companies assess “where they’re at and what they could be doing.”

“Going through this process can be a really good eye-opener,” he added. “Even if companies are doing some really great things, there may be ways to improve.”

The toolkit also includes a language guide that can help managers and staff avoid stigmatizing phrases.

“Instead of saying ‘substance abuser,’ say they’re suffering from a substance abuse disorder,” Ginter said.

“Instead of saying someone committed suicide, they died by suicide.”

There is also information on how to establish a mental health policy, support ideas for new parents and techniques to encourage employee self-care.

“If you wake up and you have the flu, you don’t think twice about calling in sick, but if you wake up and feel depressed or anxious, you’re probably not as likely to call in,” he said. "We want to make sure staff know it's okay to call in."

The toolkit traces its roots to 2016, when HealthlinkNY identified behavioral health and the stigma that surrounds the topic as an issue for both the Hudson Valley and the Southern Tier. “Our mental health outcomes in these regions are not where they need to be,” Ginter said.

The organization then convened work groups in each region with health

care providers, community organizations and advocacy groups to determine how to improve those outcomes.

“We began having conversations about what we could do to develop a tool and provide these resources to the community,” Ginter said. “We asked ourselves, ‘What’s the best way to get this out to reach the most people?’ Then we decided, well, let’s look at the workplace.’”

The organization then interviewed more than 70 area businesses and found that while many employers offered workplace wellness programs, most were focused on physical health and very few offered programming around mental well-being.

“Even in industries that are addressing mental health, they had a lot going on to support their patients, but didn’t have a whole lot going on to support their own employees’ mental health,” Ginter said.

For the past six months, HealthlinkNY has been pilot testing the toolkit developed from those interviews at 30 businesses in the Hudson Valley and Southern Tier.

Pilot sites include businesses, schools, health care organizations, government agencies and nonprofits.

“This was a great opportunity for us to have a learning experience,” said Jenny Sanchez, community relations manager at the Mental Health Association in Orange County Inc., whose Middletown office is a pilot site. “We see that employees who have this time to focus on their workplace wellness, they’re generally happier, and they report back as having lower stress levels.”

Though Sanchez’s organization had previously formed a wellness committee, the toolkit, namely the employee surveys, have shown there may be room for improvement in their workplace.

“We’re assessing the needs and what we could be doing better,” Sanchez said.

“What we like about the toolkit is that it gives us clear direction on where to start and what ideas for continuing moving forward that we can do next. It gives that direction for making a plan

and putting it into place.”

Sanchez said the toolkit is especially important for employees who themselves work in the mental health field. “It’s that idea of having the oxygen mask on the plane, where you’re instructed to put the oxygen mask on yourself before you can help someone with theirs,” she said. “It’s that idea of making sure if you’re going to be helping someone else, that you are taking care of yourself first.”

Officials have taken a similar approach at Goshen office of the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) of Orange County.

“If employees are enjoying themselves in their work and have enthusiasm while they’re here, that enthusiasm just leaks out to everyone they talk to on the phone or meet in person,” said Gina Lien, executive assistant at the nonprofit organization.

“That calm, cool, happy demeanor really helps to reduce the stress of people

they’re coming in contact with. It’s contagious.”

Though not one of the toolkit’s pilot sites, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council representatives did attend a daylong wellness coordinator training session organized by HealthlinkNY and its partners.

Like the Mental Health Association, Lien said ADAC had in the past organized various wellness events, including a weight loss contest for employees, group walks on lunch breaks and yoga classes.

“It wasn’t until we attended this training that we realized we could bring the things we loved outside the workplace into our work environment and help our coworkers, so we started brainstorming what we wanted to do,” she said.

The result is the Zen Zone, an empty office space that the organization has transformed into a place to de-stress and unwind during the workday.

“It has couches for peo-

ple to sit. There’s a salt lamp, a water fountain, aromatherapy, pillows and blankets,” Lien said. “It’s a quiet retreat for them. It helps them to refocus.”

Mental wellness offerings like the Zen Zone can also be a recruitment incentive for prospective employees, Lien noted, and also aid in retaining current employees.

“All these perks we’re able to offer make the job worthwhile and make it so people don’t want to leave,” she said. “Job retention for us is getting better as we go along.”

Ginter said that in the coming year, HealthlinkNY will continue to work on developing new ideas and actions for employers to implement.

“I think people are hungry for this kind of thing,” he said. “It’s a good starting point. We see this as a living document that’s going to continue to evolve based on the ideas that our partner sites come up with and based on new research coming out.”

Stress-relief aids like this Zen Zone at the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Orange County in Goshen are part of the Workplace Wellness Mental Health Toolkit, a pilot program of Healthlink NY at Hudson Valley businesses.

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Woman rakes in donors’ cash & sympathy with sham cancer claims

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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former Ardsley woman who used a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for medical care and living expenses after she said she was diagnosed with terminal cancer has pleaded guilty to fraud.

Vedoutie Hoobraj, who also is known as Shivonie Deokaran, raised more than $50,000, mostly in and around Ardsley, with poignant appeals about her plight.

But her solicitations were a sham. She was not terminally ill. She did not have cancer. And the money was used, according to a criminal complaint filed by the FBI, for ordinary business and personal expenses.

The scheme began in late 2014 when a friend set up a

GoFundMe crowdfunding appeal. Hoobraj’s boyfriend provided the text. The appeal was titled, “Shivonie’s Fight Against Leukemia.”

“As most of you know,” it said, “Shivonie was diagnosed with leukemia and also cancer on her liver.” She had no health insurance and was ineligible for Obamacare, the appeal stated. She said she needed help paying for medical and living expenses.

Photographs showed her, bald, with her two teen-age sons and boyfriend.

The first appeal raised $10,030 from 83 people.

In 2015, one of her sons created a GoFundMe page titled, “Our Mom Battle with Leukemia.”

Doctors had given Hoobraj 18 months to live, the plea stated. They had to find another place to live in

less than a month and they were worried about losing Gia, the family dog.

Hoobraj linked the crowdfunding appeal to a story and photos of Gia on thedodo.com, a site that features compassionate stories and videos about animals and their owners. She “was just told there’s nothing left they can do,” the post states.

The second appeal raised $25,634 from 366 people.

In November 2015, the Ardsley High School football team hosted a spaghetti dinner fundraiser. The event and other school appeals yielded $16,274.

None of the money was used for cancer-related medical expenses, the complaint states, and was used instead for her photography business, rent and other ordinary living expenses.

Ardsley police began investigating after a donor got suspicious in late 2015.

Hoobraj and her boyfriend told officers that she had been treated at Memorial

Vedoutie Hoobraj, who also is known as Shivonie Deokaran, as she appeared on thedodo.com website.

Sloan Kettering, Mount Kisco Medical Center (Northern Westchester Hospital) and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital. But the hospitals had no treatment records for her.

Email from a doctor purportedly conveyed messages about her treatment. The Gmail account was created a few weeks before the first GoFundMe campaign began and deleted a few days after police interviewed Hoobraj.

She told police that the doctor had died in an earth-

quake in Nepal. An oncologist by the very same name, who was alive and well and working at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, had no recollection of meeting Hoobraj and had never owned or used the Gmail account.

She told investigators that the doctor’s brother also treated her. A doctor with a similar name said he knew Hoobraj socially. She had told him that she had bone marrow cancer but he had never evaluated or treated her.

In March 2016, “in an effort to prove that she had cancer” to a donor, the complaint states, Hoobraj sent

a screenshot of lab tests results from Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.

She had been admitted to Jacobi in late January 2016, complaining of dizziness, nose bleeds and feeling cold. She told medical personnel that she had been diagnosed with leukemia in 2014 and had received 15 rounds of treatment.

Some of the lab results matched the screenshot but key numbers were different.

“Your labs turned out to show no abnormalities,” her discharge form said.

Hoobraj moved to Orlando and FBI agents interviewed her there last August.

She admitted that she did not have leukemia during the fundraising campaigns, according to the complaint.

The criminal complaint was unsealed last August in federal court in White Plains.

OFormer n Jan. 12, Hoobraj changed her plea to guilty to one count of mail fraud.

Sentencing has been set for April 19.

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Bridgeport Hospital’s new neonatal ICU entirely funded by philanthropists

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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ridgeport Hospital is wrapping up construction on its new Allison Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a $7 million modernization of its existing NICU that will expand its patient area and improve its care for premature babies and their families.

Given that the old NICU was about 20 years old, upgrading it to reflect developments in design and care might be expected. What’s unusual at Bridgeport is that the new facility was funded entirely through philanthropy.

“This is unprecedent-

ed in the 30-year history of the Bridgeport Hospital Foundation,” said its president Steve Jakab. “Normally we would share the cost of such a major upgrade with the hospital, which typically budgets a significant amount of those costs.”

However, the general scarcity of financial resources at hospitals in the current climate led to the decision to make the NICU a philanthropy-only initiative.

Jakab said that not only did some infrastructure issues — including upgrading emergency power, heating and air conditioning systems as well as building repairs — require immediate attention, but that the expense associated with the state’s

controversial hospital tax continues to take its toll.

The Yale-New Haven Health System, to which Bridgeport and Greenwich Hospital belong, pays over $200 million annually to the state under the tax.

Accepting the challenge meant approaching families who had experience with the hospital’s NICU, Jakab said. “That tends to be a very grateful population who form a bond with their physicians and nurses that lasts,” he said. “We were able to tap into that goodwill.”

The turning point for the project, whose construction began in late spring 2017, was “a very generous, multimillion-dollar naming gift” from the Allison family

A rendering of the NICU unit at Bridgeport Hospital.

of Westport. Although the family had no direct connection to the NICU, Jakab said, “they were captivated by the project and by what our NICU team does.”

The new NICU will host a ribbon-cutting event on Feb. 28.

Although the new NICU isn’t appreciably larger than its 6,000-square-foot predecessor, Jakab said it would

feature larger, more private patient areas to promote safe, high-quality, family-centered care. The increased privacy serves to decrease the risk of infection and will provide a calm and quiet environment for patients and parents alike.

The NICU, which will remain on the hospital’s sixth floor, will have eight semi-private bays, six private bays, three private

rooms and an overnight room, a consulting room and lower lighting and noise reduction in treatment areas. On average the NICU treats close to 400 patients a year, Jakab said.

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POWERFUL WOMEN: Fairfield County Women-owned Businesses

Fairfield County

Listed alphabetically.

Name Address Area code: 203, unless otherwise noted Website

Owner Email address Year established

Alloy Engineering Company Inc.

Kris Lorch engineer@thermowells.com 1958 Nancy Steinegger sales@stamfordamsterdam.com NA Stephanie V. Blackwell ANatural@auroraproduct.com 1998 Anne Mochulsky, Aimee Roden anne@balancingactfinancials.com 2010 Brenda McKenna bmckenna@bmcmedia.biz 2013 Dawn Reshen-Doty info@benayei.com 1986 Sarah Bouissou, co-owner sarah@bernardsridgefield.com NA

304 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport 06607 366-5253 • thermowells.com

Amsterdam Hotel

19 Clark's Hill Ave., Stamford 06902 800-362-7666 • stamfordamsterdam.com

Aurora Products Inc. *

205 Edison Road, Orange 06477 375-9956 • auroraproduct.com

Balancing Act Financials LLC

1074 Hope St., Suite 203, Stamford 06907 548-0223 • balancingactfinancials.com

BCM Media

30 Old Kings Highway South, Suite 211, Darien 06820 202-2139 • bcmmedia.biz

Benay Enterprises Inc.

30 Main St., Suite 303, Danbury 06810 744-6010 • benay.com

Bernard's | Sarah's Wine Bar

20 West Lane, Ridgefield 06877 438-8282 • bernardsridgefield.com

BMW of Darien

140 Ledge Road, Darien 06820 855-984-9577 • bmwdarien.com

Boxcar Cantina

Paula Callari NA

Description

Industrial thermowell manufacturer Hotel Organic food products Bookkeeping and accounting firm Media planning and buying agency Administrative and bookkeeping services Restaurant and wine bar Car dealership

Nancy Allen Roper info@boxcarcantina.com 1994 Sarah Gross contact@cabbagesandkingscatering.com NA Joyce Abate carouselkids1234@aol.com 1977

Restaurant featuring a blend of Native American, Spanish and Anglo-European cuisine

1300 Post Road, Suite 204, Fairfield 06824 • 255-3669 101 N. Plains Industrial Road, Wallingford 06492 • 949-9337 centerforpediatrictherapy.com

Tara Glennon NA

Pediatric therapy offering play-based and child-directed therapies

328 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich 06831 • 531-5514 1435 Post Road, Fairfield 06825 255-1210 • centroristorante.com

Susan Dederick NA

Restaurant featuring Italian cuisine

44 Old Field Point Road, Greenwich 06830 661-4774 • boxcarcantina.com

Cabbages & Kings Catering

34 Franklin St., Westport 06880 226-0531 • cabbagesandkingscatering.com

Carousel Preschool Day Nursery

25 France St., Norwalk 06851 847-1276

Center for Pediatric Therapy Centro Ristorante & Bar

Cheryl Lechok Communications LLC

30 Glen Terrace, Stamford 06906 323-6124

Church Hill Classics

594 Pepper St., Monroe 06468 800-477-9005 • diplomaframe.com

Co-Communications Inc. *

2 Farmington Park Drive, Farmington 06032 860-676-4400 • cocommunications.com

Connect Computer Corp.

338 Commerce Drive, Fairfield 06825 333-4444 • connectcomputer.com/

COUTUREDossier

43 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich 06831 900-1600

Cucina Casalinga

171 Drum Road, Wilton 06897 762-0768 • cucinacasalinga.com

Didona Associates Landscape Architects

70 North St., Suite 301, Danbury 06810 778-1840 • didonaassociates.com

DPZ on West Salon and Day Spa

81 West St., Danbury 06810 794-1113 • thedpz.com

Dream Spa LLC

1220 Post Road East, Westport 06880 • 454-3454 151 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich 06830 • 629-2525 dreamdayspa.com/contact

Cheryl Lechok clechok@optonline.net 2001 Lucie Voves info@diplomaframe.com 1991 Stacey Cohen stacey@cocommunications.com 1997 Lynn Souza LSouza@ConnectComputer.com 1985 Yulia Omelich info@couturedossier.com NA Sally Maraventano info@cucinacasalinga.com NA

Caterer Day care serving more than 120, ages six weeks through five years

Strategic marketing, public relations and market communications Diploma frames Public relations and marketing Internet technology solutions for companies of all sizes Boutique Home-based Italian cooking school

Jane Didona didona@didonaassociates.com NA

Landscape architect

Dawn Blom 1997

Day spa

Lori Dodd lori@dreamdayspa.com NA

Salon and day spa

* Company located outside of Fairfield County but serves the region.

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POWERFUL WOMEN: Fairfield County Women-owned Businesses

Fairfield County

Listed alphabetically.

Name Address Area code: 203, unless otherwise noted Website

Owner Email address Year established

Elms Inn Inc.

Violet Scala support@elmsinn.com 1799 Ellie Becker ellie@erbecker.com 2007 Doreen F. Gebbia, president dfgebbia@e-richards.com NA

500 Main St., Ridgefield 06877 438-2541 • elmsinn.com

E.R. Becker Company Inc. 16 Betts Place, Norwalk 06855 852-8077 • erbeckercompany.com

eRichards Consulting

4 Corporate Park Drive, Suite 390, Shelton 06484 944-0816 • e-richards.com

Escape Salon & Boutique

232 Greenwood Ave., Bethel 06801 798-9882 • escapect.com

Fairfield Marketing Group

830 Sport Hill Road, Easton 06612 261-5855, ext. 202 • fairfieldmarketing.com

Maria Rodrigues customercare@escape.com NA Pam Johnson info@fairfieldmarketing.com 1986

Description

Bed and breakfast in a 1799 historic inn

Inbound marketing

Technology, consulting and staffing firm

Beauty salon and boutique Direct-mail solutions provider for small and large businesses

Freudigman & Billings LLC

Kimberly A. Freudigman, co-founder info@freudigman.com 2004

Gilda Bonanno LLC

Gilda Bonanno info@gildabonanno.com 2006

Tutoring service, including standardized test preparation, college advising, writing educational and private school consulting and educational and subject tutoring Keynote speeches, presentation skills coaching, training in communication and leadership skills

Marria Pooya 2005

Specialized skin and body care using medically based treatments

Hensal Realty

Betty Hensal, co-owner betty@hensalrealty.com NA

Real estate broker

Impact Personnel Inc.

Maryann Donovan maryann@imactpersonnel.com 1989

Recruiting firm for temporary, temp-to-hire and full-time positions in the fields of sales, marketing, human resources and administrative

Donna Shea 1986

Exhibits, event and branded-environment production company

JL Design Associates *

Julia L. Walters julia@jldesignassociates.com 2002

Interior architecture, planning and design

Joyride Cycling + Fitness Studio

Amy Hochhauser and Rhodie Lorenz amy@joyridestudio.com rhodie@joyridestudio.com 2011

Fitness boutique dedicated to athletic indoor cycling and cross-training classes

Amy Hochhauser and Rhodie Lorenz amy@joyridestudio.com rhodie@joyridestudio.com 2017

4,000-square-foot, cross-training concept studio

Judith Heft judy@judithheft.com NA

Financial concierge

1720 Post Road East, Westport 06880 226-8166 • freudigman.com

25 Old Kings Highway North, Suite 13, Darien 06820 979-5117 • gildabonanno.com

Greenwich Medical Spa

1285 E. Putnam Ave., Riverside 06878 637-0662 • greenwichmedicalspa.com

487 Federal Road, Brookfield 06804 775-4561 • hensalrealty.com 1698 Post Road East, Westport 06680 866-2444 • impactpersonnel.com

Innovative Display & Design

1452 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport 06610 335-0633 • innov-8.com Monroe, 06468 515-8680 • jldesignassociates.com

25 Old Kings Highway North, Darien 06820 • 202-9712 62 Danbury Road, Ridgefield 06877 • 403-6874 joyridestudio.com

JoyX

1200 Post Road East, Westport 06880 349-5454 • joyridestudio.com

Judith Heft & Associates LLC

1111 Summer St., Stamford 06905 • 978-1858 15 E. Putnam, No. 122, Greenwich 06830 978-1858 • 978-1858 judithheft.com

The Katie Fong Boutique

60 Lewis St., Greenwich 06830 717-1660 • katiefong.com

Kate Spain LLC

280 Grovers Ave., Bridgeport 06605 212-6238 • katespain.com

Lanphier Day Spa & Salon

20 West Ave., Darien 06820 656-4444 • lanphierdayspa.com

The Lilypad Group LLC

767 Post Road, Darien 06820 856-9132 • thelilypadgroup.com

Loree's Kitchen

4 Elizabeth St. Bethel 06801 748-0852 • lorees.com

Mackey & Guasco Staffing

2425 Post Road, Suite 206, Southport 06890 655-1166 • mackeyandguasco.com

Marianne Wilson's Complete Catering

47 Freshwater Lane, Wilton 06897 762-9147 • 762-7741 • wiltoncateringservices.com

Katie Fong sales@katiefong.com 2015 Kate Spain info@katespain.com 2008 Eileen Lanphier NA Ann Buivid anne.buivid@gmail.com 2010 Loree Ogan loree@lorees.com 1981 Maureen Mackey, partner maureen@mackeyandguasco.com 2002 Marianne Wilson NA

Fashion boutique offering custom designed and made-to-measure apparel Original art, design and products for the home Day spa and salon Marketing and branding, strategic specialty sales Caterer Direct-hire, human resources contract and temporary recruiting firm Caterer

Address withheld at the company's request.

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Closer to home, Pell and her team are equally passionate about philanthropy, donating considerable “time, treasure and talent” to various charitable organizations.

“One of our greatest privileges is having the opportunity to be involved and give back to the communities in which we live and work,” she says.

SPECIAL AFFINITY FOR WOMEN ON THEIR OWN In Pell’s experience, women who must make financial decisions on their own face unique challenges. Fortunately, they do not have to face these challenges alone. Geri, and many of the women on her team have been in a place where they have had to manage their money alone. Because of this, they have a special affinity for helping women who are divorced, widowed or have never married make good financial choices.

“We met with a women who hates her job,” Pell says. “She is 56, a single mom, and she has done a fabulous job of saving and investing for her future. We told her she could go work somewhere else, make half her current salary, and still be absolutely fine. By the end of our meeting she felt as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders knowing she could make the kinds of changes that would make her life happier.

Pell says she gets great satisfaction from

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helping clients like this one find the right balance of enjoying their money today while feeling confident they will be able to achieve their goals and dreams in the future.

“When I first got into this business 30 years ago, someone told me this was a perfect career if you had the mind of a capitalist and the heart of a social worker. It was definitely the right career choice for me.”

Pell Wealth Partners, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite 300, Rye Brook, NY 10573 914-253-8800 | pellwealthpartners.com The Churchill, 300 East 40th Street, Suite 28R, New York, NY 10016

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POWERFUL WOMEN: Fairfield County Women-owned Businesses

Fairfield County

Listed alphabetically.

Name Address Area code: 203, unless otherwise noted Website

Owner Email address Year established

Description

Marta's Vineyard Canine Resort

Pam Williams martasvineyard@aol.com NA Kathleen M. DeCruze, partner kdecruze@mdcocpa.com 1979

Animal daycare for cats and dogs, servicing pets for boarding, doggie daycare and grooming

519 Federal Road, Brookfield 06804 775-4404 • martasvineyard.com

Martin, DeCruze & Company LLP

2777 Summer St., Fourth floor, Stamford 06905 327-7151 • mdcocpa.com

The McIntyre Group

63 Glover Ave., Norwalk 06850 750-1111 • themcintyregroup.com

Nest of Southport

362 Pequot Ave., Southport 06890 255-1734 • nestofsouthport.com

New Fairfield Bright Beginnings

74 Route 37, New Fairfield 06812 746-5994 • nfbrightbeginnings.com

Leslie McIntyre 1986 Elizabeth Santa esanta@nestofsouthport.com NA Mary Arnold mary@nfbrightbeginnings.com 1980

Accounting firm

Staffing agency

Interior design, upholstery, windows

Day care service

Nielsen's Florist Garden Shop

Sandra Nielsen-Baumann nielsen@nielsensflorist.com NA

Florist

Office Organizer Pro

Cathleen Lindstrom officeorganizerpro@gmail.com NA

Small-business operations consultant

Organachs Farm to Skin LLC

Siobhan McKinley info@organachsfarmtoskin.com 2016

Retailer of all-natural beauty and skincare products

PCI Creative Group

Anne Chiapetta pci@pcigroup.net 1985

Cross media marketing solutions company

Pellicci's Restaurant

Toni Lupinacci tonilupinacci@hotmail.com 1947

Restaurant

Picture That LLC

Valerie A. Cooper vcooper@picture-that.com 2002

Provides a full range of fine art consulting services to Fortune 500 companies, health care and academic institutions

The Plastic Factory

Barbara Carbone jacosta@theplasticfactoryct.co 2011

Full-service plastics distributor and fabrication company offering plastic materials and accessories for engineering and construction

Rader & Summa LLC

Theresa Matthews radersumma@sbcglobal.net NA

Tax consultation and business services

Allison Stockel, executive director 1983

A nonprofit theatre

Saugatuck Commercial Real Estate LLC

Penny W. Wickey pwickey@saugatuckcommercial.com 2004

Schipani PR

Mia Schipani mia@schipanipr.com 2015

Full-service, commercial real estate brokerage firm representing tenants, landlords, developers, owners, investors, as well as buyers and sellers

Sublime Communications

Nicole Enslein nenslein@sublimecommunications.com 2016

Marketing and advertising company

Elizabeth Ball 1975

Marketing and design firm

1405 Post Road, Darien 06820 655-2541 • nielsensflorist.com P.O. Box 4075, Monroe 06468 261-4260

15 Post Road West, Westport 06880 221-0435 • organachsfarmtoskin.com

652 Glenbrook Road, Suite 2-301, Stamford 06906 327-0410, ext. 102 • pcigroup.net

96 Stillwater Ave., Stamford 06902 323-2542 • pelliccis.com 1266 E. Main St., Suite 700R, Stamford 06902 977-8203 • picturethatart.com

678 Howard Ave., Bridgeport 06605 908-3468 • theplasticfactoryct.co

57 North St., Suite 209, Darien 06810 748-2773 • raderandsumma.com

The Ridgefield Playhouse

80 E. Ridge Road, Ridgefield 06877 438-5795 • ridgefieldplayhouse.org

9 Burr Road, Westport 06680 222-4190 • saugatuckcommercial.com

98 Southfield Ave., Suite 104, Stamford 06902 646-734-7004 • schipanipr.com 20 Acosta St., Suite 200, Stamford 06902 340-1010 • sublimecommunications.com

TFI Envision Inc.

111 Westport Ave., Norwalk 06851 845-0700 • tfienvision.com

Boutique public relations and marketing firm serving small- to medium-sized businesses

Valerie Wilson Travel Inc.

Valerie Wilson, Jennifer Wilson Buttigieg and Kimberly Wilson Wetty harleyr@vwti.com 1981

Wagner Web Designs Inc.

Andrea Wagner andrea@wagnerwebdesigns.com 2007

Wise Learning Specialized Tutoring Center

Michele Isenberg info@wiselearningcenters.com NA

Specialized tutoring

Women's Business Development Council

Fran Pastore, CEO and founder info@ctwbdc.org 1986

Entrepreneurial and financial training

1455 E. Putnam Ave., Old Greenwich 06870 39 Locust Ave., Suite 202, New Canaan 06840 914-701-3200 • valeriewilsontravel.squarespace.com

11 Abbey Lane, Danbury 06810 245-2626 • 203-456-1392 • wagnerwebdesigns.com

898 Ethan Allen Highway, No. 4, Ridgefield 06877 403-3546 • wiselearningcenters.com 184 Bedford St., Suite 201, Stamford 06901 353-1750 • ctwbdc.org

Travel management service for business and personal travel, ranging from industries, including fashion, finance, publishing and pharmaceuticals Custom web design services specializing in small business, providing design and development, updates and web maintenance, hosting and email, logo design and digital marketing

This list is a sampling of women-owned businesses that are located in the region.

If you would like to include your company in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com.

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MIA SCHIPANI, PRINCIPAL & CHIEF COMMUNICATOR MIA LAUNCHED HER OWN AGENCY

after 20 years as an in-house Public Relations, Marketing and Business Development executive and team leader. She has a broad range of industry knowledge ranging from fashion apparel and luxury brands to hospitality, travel, health and wellness, technology, professional services, retail and real estate. Mia has worked for an agency, with agencies, in-house and as an independent creative consultant. She has a successful track record, relationships with the media as well as the ability to cultivate strategic relationships that are meaningful to a campaign.

Mia has filled the room time after time with targeted audiences and has propelled brands into

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the limelight in short periods of time to help build awareness and develop new business for clients quickly. Mia’s strengths are creating strategies and stories that help build brands, companies and individuals. Her approach is holistic, one that incorporates marketing, social media, business development and public relations strategies. She is a trusted advisor to many and is known to establish sustainable relationships built on trust that enable her to produce results and drive new business faster than most.

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THOMPSON & BENDER MARKS 30 YEARS AS WESTCHESTER’S LEADING PUBLIC RELATIONS/ MARKETING/ADVERTISING FIRM chester. She has also served on the board of the American Red Cross of Westchester, and was a founding chairman of Go Red for Women at the American Heart Association in Westchester. Geoffrey Thompson has twice served as Board Chairman of Teatown, Westchester’s largest privately owned environmental education center and nature conservancy, and is a noted leader in the area of open space preservation. Dean Bender currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Building Owners and Managers Association.

With annual billings in excess of $5 million, T&B has expanded its range of services to meet the needs of clients, small and large.

THOMPSON & BENDER

(T&B) capped off its 30th anniversary as Westchester’s leading public relations/marketing/advertising firm during a recent gala reception for invited guests, including clients, friends and community and government leaders. The event was held on Wednesday, December 13 at The Playhouse on the private Rockefeller Estate in Tarrytown.

The firm’s principals — Geoffrey Thompson, Dean Bender and Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson — cite their work in the newspaper business along with maintaining a diverse client base as key elements in the agency’s on-going success. Another hallmark of the agency is its commitment to giving back to the community. One proof of the soundness of the formula has been the ability of T&B to weather the economic ups and downs that have made it difficult for many small businesses to survive. The agency has worked with more than 500 clients as it focused on being a regionally oriented player.

“Our goal was to be the experts, the leaders in the market we serve. It’s safe to say that we have accomplished that goal,” commented Geoff Thompson. “We have been fortunate that our client base has remained solid for all these years,” Thompson said. “Many have

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been with us for nearly our entire time in business. That’s something we’re very proud of. It’s a sign that you are doing things right.

We have also had a remarkably stable, dedicated and loyal staff. You aren’t going to be successful in a highly competitive business like ours without a strong support team. We also have many vendors with whom we have had relationships from the start. Perhaps it’s a cliché, but when it comes to Thompson & Bender, there is a true sense of family. We know that’s special and we value it.”

The public relations arm of Thompson &Bender began with its two founders, Thompson and Bender, who spent 15 years working as reporters and editors for the Gannett Suburban Newspaper (now The Journal News and lohud.com.) Thompson served as Business and Real Estate Editor and Bender as Assistant Business News Editor. That experience provided them with an in-depth knowledge of local and regional business and real estate communities and provided a platform upon which their business was built. Another alumna of Gannett, Ms. Bracken-Thompson joined T&B in 1990 as a partner bringing extensive marketing, advertising and community relations expertise that allowed the agency to greatly ex-

pand its range of services. While at Gannett, she was Vice President of Marketing for the then 10-daily newspaper group and she held special assignments, including a role in the national launch of USA TODAY. Thompson & Bender has worked on a wide range of public relations and marketing campaigns, which earned them a reputation for handling major public relations strategies and challenges and the launch of many new products.

Their many projects and clients include The Westchester mall, Westchester County Office of Economic Development, Westchester County Tourism & Film, NewYork-Presbyterian (all Westchester locations), Westchester Community College, The Business Council of Westchester, Cross County Shopping Center, Simone Development Companies, Fareri Associates, MacQuesten Development, Chappaqua Crossing, the French-American School of New York, the Food Bank for Westchester and ArtsWestchester.

A strong commitment to the community has also contributed to T&B’s success.

Among her many volunteer roles, Bracken-Thompson served as Chairman of the Westchester Parks Foundation and currently serves on the board of the Hudson River Museum and The Business Council of West-

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They include: • Integrated, Strategic Marketing Plans • Public Relations • Media Relations • Community Relations • Crisis Management • Image Building • Social Media • Branding • Logo Design and Graphic Design • Campaign Development • Advertising—Traditional, Digital and Social • Special Event Planning and Production • Event Marketing • Website Design, Development and Programming • Search Engine Optimization, Ad Word Campaigns and Geo-Fencing • TV, Radio and Video Production • Media Planning & Buying • Collateral Materials including Brochures, Newsletters and Pamphlets • Digital Advertising, E-blasts and Mobile • Direct Mail • Research—focus groups, surveys, qualitative and quantitative

Thompson & Bender has been recognized by numerous organizations such as Junior Achievement of Westchester, Food Bank for Westchester and the Westchester Parks Foundation. T&B was also named to the Westchester Business Hall of Fame and in 2017, received the 914INC Small Business Award for General Excellence. Thompson & Bender began in White Plains in 1986 and since 1997 has been headquartered in an 1890 Victorian house in Briarcliff Manor. The partners are residents of Croton-on-Hudson and Yorktown.

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Some of the powerful women of Thompson & Bender pictured (Front Row L to R): Hope Salley, Germain Ricardo, Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson, Valerie Hovasapian, Jessica Apicella, Courtney Walker; (Second Row L to R): Katie London, Diana Costello, Vicky Hochman; (Third Row L to R): Nikki D’Aleo, Sarai Bartels, Kerry Tropeano, Carol Schwartz, Amy Lasagna

Powerful and professional. Thompson & Bender has the team and talent to deliver the best in communications: strategic PR, integrated advertising, digital marketing, social media, website development, media buying and planning, and special events. As the unrivaled leader in delivering powerful results that help clients succeed for more than 30 years, T&B has created award-winning campaigns for the “who’s who” of regional Fortune 500 corporations, healthcare, higher education, tourism, real estate, retail, hospitality, media, government and not-for-profit organizations.

Summed up best in writing on The It List: 50 Names You Need To Know To Do Business In Westchester, “T&B is the power player of public relations and marketing firms in Westchester.”

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POWERFUL WOMEN: Westchester County Women-owned Businesses

Westchester County

Listed alphabetically.

Name Address Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website

Owner Email address Year established

AAA Emergency Supply Co. Inc.

Patricia Manfredi info@aaaemergency.com 1963

Fire protection equipment

Abigail Kirsch *

Abigail Kirsch NA Early 2000s

Caterer

Allan M. Block Agency Inc.

JoAnne Murray jmurray@allanblockinsurance.com 1959

Personal and business insurance agency

American Gymnastics

Diana Marino amerigym@aol.com 1991

Traditional nursery school and instructional gymnastics held in a 14,000-square-foot facility

An American Bistro

Denise Horton americanbistro@optonline.net 1992

Restaurant featuring American-style cuisine

Angelface Day Spa

Angela De Angellis info@angelfacespa.com 1995

Beauty salon and spa

Deborah Asadoorian, Cheryl Anstett and Anna Fucci, co-owners info@annandandychildcare.com 1973

Childcare for 18 months to pre-K

Arch Street Communications Inc.

Nora Madonick info@asc-pr.com 1992

Strategic communications and outreach firm serving federal and state agencies

Artina Group

Ina Shapiro NA 1989

Private label form design and printing

Barksdale Home Care Services Inc.

Rosa Kittrell Barksdale barksdaleceo@verizon.net NA

Home health care agency

Bayside Travel Group of Companies

Barbara Nichuals info@baysidetravel.com 1960

Travel company specializing in customized luxury experiences

Bedford Stone & Masonry Supply Corp.

Daryl Burbank-Wear, co-owner info@bedfordstone.com NA

Masonry supplier

Booked Parties

Claire Gilvar claire@bookedparties.com 2015

A listing and booking platform for children's birthday parties, including gifts, favors, décor and desserts

Bronxville Wellness Sanctuary

Stephanie Filardi, co-owner info@bronxvillewellness.com 2011

Beauty salon and holistic spa services

Buzz Creators Inc.

Christina Rae crae@buzz-creators.com 2009

Public relations, marketing and brand building

Carol J. W. Kurth carol.kurth@carolkurtharchitects.com 1995

Architecture and interior design firm

Co-Communications Inc.

Stacey Cohen stacey@cocommunications.com 1997

Public relations and marketing

Concept: CARE Inc.

Carol Greenberg cgreenberg@conceptcareny.com NA

Home health care agency

Decorative Hardware Studio Inc.

Marie Prezner dhshardware@gmail.com 1975

Custom manufacturer of brass hardware serving the hospitality and interior design industries

Diana Gould Ltd.

Diana Gould info@dianagouldltd.com NA

DigiStar Media LLC

Robin Colner, founder and CEO rcolner@digistarmedia.com 2010

635 N. Broadway, White Plains 10603 949-0512 • aaaemergency.com

Tappan Hill Mansion, 81 Highland Ave., Tarrytown 10591 631-3030 • abigailkirsch.com

24 S. Broadway, Tarrytown 10591 631-4353 • ambins.com

317 Railroad Ave., Bedford Hills 10507 241-1997 • americangymnastics.us

296 Columbus Ave., Tuckahoe 10707 793-0807 • anamericanbistro.com

322 Underhill Ave., Yorktown Heights 10598 245-1084 • angelfacespa.com

Ann & Andy Child Care

2170 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford 10523 592-3027 • annandandychildcare.com

31 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 400, White Plains 10601 821-5100 • asc-pr.com

250 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford 10523 800-278-4622 • artinagroup.com

327 Fifth Ave., Pelham 10803 738-5600 • barksdaleathome.com

69 Pondfield Road, Bronxville 10708 833-8880 • luxurytravelservice.com

284 Adams St., Bedford Hills 10507 666-6404 • bedfordstone.com

P.O. Box 184, Chappaqua 10514 917-650-7743 • bookedparties.com

14 Studio Arcade, Bronxville 10708 337-9356 • bronxvillewellness.com

400 Columbus Ave., Second floor, South Valhalla 10596 358-5080 • buzz-creators.com

Carol Kurth Architecture PC & Interiors Ltd.

The Arcade Building, 644 Old Post Road, Bedford 10506 234-2595 • carolkurtharchitects.com 332 Main St., Mount. Kisco 10549 666-0066 • cocommunications.com

50 Main St., Suite 976, White Plains 10606 682-7990 • conceptcareny.com

P.O. Box 627, Chappaqua 10514 238-5251 • dhshardware.com

12 Frontage St., Elmsford 10523 347-7134 • dianagouldltd.com

600 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 400 Harrison 10528 826-5512 • digistarmedia.com

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Floral décor, set design and prop building, furniture and props, graphic design and printing, LED lighting and CAD accurate room floor plans Helps businesses and professionals drive awareness, press mentions, website traffic, leads and sales using digital, social media and content marketing techniques

Catering firm has additional on-site locations.

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CHRISTINA RAE, BUZZ CREATORS, INC. WITH MORE THAN TWO DECADES of experience in marketing and communications, Christina Costa-Rae is a seasoned and well-respected advisor to her clients. She has built communications programs from the ground up for small start-up companies — as well as enhanced the efficiency and effectiveness of existing communications programs at large corporations.

In 2009, Christina founded Buzz Creators (www.buzz-creators.com), a Westchester, New York-based consulting firm that specializes in public relations, marketing and brand building. The Buzz Creators team helps to build awareness for companies and increase their presence in the marketplace. Buzz Creators assists its clients with developing strategic PR and marketing campaigns, media relations, social media, writing and editing, grand openings and special events, thought leadership, advertising, graphics design and more. The Buzz Creators team has helped develop communications programs for many

well-respected national and global organizations, such as Barnes & Noble, MasterCard Worldwide, HEINEKEN USA, Drybar, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, American Heart Association and UBS Financial Services, in addition to leveraging their expertise to help many regional small businesses as well.

Prior to founding Buzz Creators, Christina was the vice president of Executive Communications at CIT Group in New York City and vice president of global communications at MasterCard Worldwide in Purchase.

Christina was named one of “Westchester County’s Most Accomplished Women Entrepreneurs” by 914INC in 2011. She was also selected by The Business Council of Westchester as a winner of “Rising Stars — Westchester’s Forty Under Forty” in 2010.

Christina is a strong believer in giving back and has volunteered for numerous community organizations, including The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA); The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS); The Ty Louis Campbell Foundation; The Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK); her local PTA; and Pace University’s alumni mentor program. Christina lives by the mantra — work hard, play hard.

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Westchester County

Listed alphabetically.

Name Address Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website

Owner Email address Year established

Ease Into Italy & Beyond LLC

Kathleen Guglielmo easeintoitaly@gmail.com 2006

Travel planning for vacations and study abroad opportunities in Italy

Eco-Prima Tea

Anupa Mueller anupa@ecoprimatea.com 1995

Tea distributor

Eileen Fisher Inc.

Eileen Fisher onlinesupport@eileenfisher.com NA

Women's apparel

Events to Remember

Chereese Jervis-Hill, owner and CEO eventscjh@eventsremember.com 2004

Full-service event management and public relations firm

Gina Cappelli NA

Boutique urgent care and wellness center

Harriet K. Lerner harrietlerner@govisiblepr.com NA

Public relations, advertising and marketing

207 S. Buckhout St., Irvington 10533 231-5634 • easeintoitaly.com

11 Clearbrook Road, Suite 20, Elmsford 10523 930-8892 • ecoprimatea.com

The Westchester, 125 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10601 644-8600 • eileenfisher.com

3 N. Moger Ave., Suite 2, Mount Kisco 10549 218-3968 • eventstoremember.com

Formé Urgent Care and Wellness Center 7-11 S. Broadway, White Plains 10601 723-4900 • formeurgentcare.com

Go Visible!

30 E. Hartsdale Ave., Suite 6D, Hartsdale 10530 682-7336 • govisiblepr.com

Description

Mary Ann LoFrumento 2010

A nonprofit organization that strives to make a sustainable and positive impact on the health of the people of northern Haiti

Harrison Edwards Inc.

Carolyn B. Mandelker cmandelker@harrison-edwardspr.com 1987

Public relations and marketing

Howie Marketing & Consulting Inc.

Lydia Howie lhowie@optonline.net 1999

Grant writing, marketing services and development and guest-speaking services for nonprofits

Hudson Fusion LLC

Cindy Penchina cindy@hudsionfusion.com 1996

Marketing and web design services

Hyman & Gilbert

Rita K. Gilbert rkg@cloud9.net NA

Law firm

Abbey Solomon and Marcy Berman-Golstein info@iammorescarsdale.com 2018

Women's apparel and accessories boutique that also hosts womenfocused events year round

Marjorie Finer innergroup@optonline.net

Advertising agency

Loughlin Personnel Ltd.

Laura Loughlin laura@loughlinpersonnel.com 1998

Recruiting agency providing permanent, temporary and temp-toperm employment solutions

LV2BFIT Inc.

Patty Palmieri pattypalmieri@aol.com NA

Fitness fashion boutique

Madison Approach Staffing Inc.

Allison Madison info@madisonapproach.com 1998

Recruiting agency positioning full time and part time, temporary and direct hire positions

MBoutique Group *

Meryl Lefkowitz meryl@mboutiquegroup.com 2012

Consulting agency specializing in events, public relations, marketing and branding solutions

March Boutique

Lynn Puro info@marchboutique.com NA

Boutique

Mary Ann Liebert Inc., Publishers

Mary Ann Liebert NA 1980

Publishing firm for the scientific, technical, medical knowledge and information industries

Mindy Eisenberg Stark, CPA

Mindy Eisenberg Stark mindy.stark@mescpa.com 1982

Certified public accountant

Lisa McKiernan NA

Seafood restaurant

Hands Up for Haiti

P.O. Box 913, Mount Kisco 10549 NA • handsupforhaiti.org

80 Business Park Drive, Suite 303, Armonk 10504 242-0010 • harrison-edwards.com 40 Wilner Road, Somers 10589 248-1112 • howiemarketing.com 30 State St., Ossining 10562 762-0900 • hudsonfusion.com

1843 Palmer Ave., Larchmont 10538 833-5297 • hymangilbert.com

I Am More Scarsdale

6 Spencer Place, Scarsdale 10583 723-6673 • iammorescarsdale.com

The Inner Group

1000 N. Division St., Suite 2D, Peekskill 10566 788-8471 • theinnergroup.com 7-11 S. Broadway, White Plains 10601 287-0333 loughlinpersonnel.com

13 Rye Ridge Plaza, Rye Brook 10573 305-6567 • lv2bfit.com 45 Knollwood Road, Suite 101, Elmsford 10523 428-4800 • madisonapproach.com

Chappaqua 10512 266-0624

1207 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor 10510 923-2100 • marchboutique.com 140 Huguenot St.,Third floor, New Rochelle 10801 740-2100 • liebertpub.com 88 Bonnie Meadow Road, Scarsdale 10583 725-8880 • mescpa.com

Morgans Fish House

22 Elm Place, Rye 10580 921-8190 • morgansfishhouse.net

* Address withheld at the company's request..

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POWERFUL WOMEN: Westchester County Women-owned Businesses

Westchester County

Listed alphabetically.

Name Address Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website

Owner Email address Year established

Description

Lisa Cordasco lisa@crystalrestoration.com 1960

A disaster response and property restoration company serving Westchester County

Linda Nicolo NA

Full-service medical spa

Rosa Calabrese 2008

Boutique day spa

Susan Pietrobono Sanquily and Kim Dittrich contact@redskicreative.com 2015

Creative solutions for small and large businesses, including graphic, logo and packaging design, brand identity and marketing collateral

Rei Pilates

Reina Horowitz appointment@reipilates.com 2014

Boutique pilates studio

Rey Insurance Agency

Linda Rey and Laura Rey Iannarelli service@reyinsurance.com 1978

Independent insurance broker

Ruby Media Group

Kris Ruby kruby@rubymediagroup.com NA

Public relations and social media agency

Lisa McKiernan NA

Restaurant

Silver Tips Tea Room

Anupa Mueller tea@silvertipstea.com 1998

Tea room and café

Silverman Realty Group Inc.

Bonnie Silverman info@silvermanrealty.com NA

Commercial real estate development and management firm

Elizabeth Gagliardi NA

Health and fitness club

Standing Room Only Fine Foods

Sharon Snyder info@srofinefoods.com 1990

Retail store and marketplace

Stiefvater Real Estate Inc.

Marilyn Stiefvater stiefvater@pelhamny.com NA

Real estate broker

T Square Properties Inc.

Phyllis Tunnell phyllis@tsquareproperties.com 1983

Commercial real estate firm

Tasteful Treats & Treasures Gift Baskets

Rose Colonna thebasketlady@tastefultreats.com 2002

Full-service gift provider

Tayne Law Group PC

Leslie H. Tayne info@taynelaw.com 2001

Law firm

Thompson & Bender

Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson, partner liz@thompson-bender.com 1986

Advertising and marketing, public relations and crisis communication, creative and digital services, special events planning and promotion

Uovo Moderno

Ana Rose Hawley sales@uovomoderno.com 2013

Living ware store

Valerie Wilson, Jennifer Wilson Buttigieg and Kimberly Wilson Wetty harleyr@vwti.com 1981

Travel management company for personal and business travel; services industries, including fashion, finance, publishing and pharmaceuticals

Dee DelBello dee@westfairinc.com

Publishing firm: Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals and WAG magazine

Whispering Pines Florist of Chappaqua

Beth Hundgen blkisuzi55@aol.com 1956

Florist

Win at Business Coaching LLC

Kathy D'Agostino kathy@winatbusinesscoaching.com 2014

Executive coaching, company culture consultant and sexual harassment issues

Zen Your Closet

Michele Cunningham michele@zenyourcloset.com 2016

Personalized closet-organizing services, wardrobe styling, personal shopping

The New Crystal Restoration Enterprises Inc.

109 S. Regent St., Port Chester 10573 937-0500 • newcrystalrestoration.com

Pretty Face Medi Spa

2081 Albany Post Road, Montrose 788-9790 • prettyfacemedispa.com

Rachele Rose Day Spa

110 S. Central Ave., Hartsdale 10530 948-7500 • rachelerosedayspa.com

Red Ski Creative Inc.

295 Main St., Mount Kisco 10549 914-482-3220 • redskicreative.com

115 Halstead Ave., Harrison 10528 200-1556 • reipilates.com 219 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow 10591 631-7628 • reyinsurance.com 115 N. Broadway, White Plains 10603 268-8645 • rubymediagroup.com • krisruby.com

Ruby's Oyster Bar & Bistro 45 Purchase St., Rye 10580 921-4166 • rubysoysterbar.com

3 N. Broadway, Tarrytown 10591 332-8515 • silvertipstea.com

237 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10605 683-8000 • silvermanrealty.com

Solaris Sports Club

201 Veterans Road, Yorktown Heights 10598 962-4094 • solarisclubs.com 1491 Weaver St., Scarsdale 10583 472-3002 • srofinefoods.com 303 Wolf's Lane, Pelham 10803 738-1133 • pelhamny.com

56 Lafayette Ave., White Plains 10603 328-7511 • tsquareproperties.com

16 Banksville Ave., Bedford 10506 800-425-9226 • tastefultreats.com

445 Hamilton Ave., Suite 1102, White Plains 10601 301-3300 • taynelaw.com

1192 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor 10510 762-1900 • thompson-bender.com

156 Katonah Ave., Katonah 10536 401-9298 • uovomoderno.org

Valerie Wilson Travel Inc.

2700 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10603 701-3200 • valeriewilsontravel.squarespace.com

Westfair Communications Inc.

3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G-7, White Plains 10604 694-3600 • westfaironline.com • wagmag.com

83 S. Greeley Ave., Chappaqua 10514 238-5661 • whisperingpinesofchappaqua.com

27 Windle Park, Tarrytown 10591 226-0807 • winatbusinesscoaching.com

931 Garfield Ave., Peekskill 10566 282-4875 • NA

This list is a sampling of women-owned businesses that are located in the region.

If you would like to include your company in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com.

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is Westchester’s largest and most elegant women’s luxury designer consignment boutique, celebrating over 30 years’ as a woman owned business in Bedford Hills. This is where the savviest shoppers go for the best deals on designer merchandise and with good reason.

The Penny Pincher Boutique features a large assortment of high-end, luxury designer clothing, shoes, handbags, furs, jewelry and accessories from designers such as Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin, J Mendel, David Yurman, Roberto Coin, and Judith Ripka to name a few…. In addition, we have an impressive collection of Chanel and Hermes handbags, clothing, jewelry and accessories, plus contemporary and decorative home furnishings.

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White Plains Hospital celebrates 125 years

White Plains Hospital on Chatterton Ave, 1893

A yearlong program of special events, outreach, and activities will mark White Plains Hospital’s 125th anniversary in 2018. While much has changed since the Hospital’s founding in 1893, one thing has remained the same: the organization’s mission to provide exceptional care, every day.

The anniversary year is an opportunity to reflect on the remarkable longevity of White Plains Hospital through the decades, and its unprecedented period of growth and expansion in recent years.

Since 2015, approximately 200,000 square

feet have been renovated or added to the Hospital, including a newly expanded Center for Cancer Care, completed in 2016; and a new lobby and patient tower, completed in 2015.

From its inception, the Hospital has relied on the White Plains community for support, beginning with its founding when 22 women and three men came together to establish a voluntary, not-forprofit hospital in the rural village of White Plains to care for their fellow residents.

In appreciation of the community’s longstanding support of the Hospital through the decades, a series of employeeled donation drives to benefit Westchester charities will be held throughout the year.

A microsite that is dedicated to the anniversary, wph125.org, includes a historical timeline and a “125 Moments of White Plains Hospital” feature in which long-serving employees, community partners and supporters have shared personal narratives of how the Hospital has impacted their lives. Members of the public are invited to share stories of their own on the microsite, by clicking on the “Share Your Story” icon.

The crescendo of the celebration period will be the White Plains Hospital 125th Anniversary Gala, a black tie “social event of the season,” which will be held on September 29, 2018, at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club, the site of the Hospital’s first fundraising gala in 1956.

“Our marketing and outreach efforts around the anniversary illustrate the outstanding growth of our organization over the past 125 years, and even more specifically, over the last decade, during which we have evolved from a well-regarded community hospital into the hub of advanced healthcare in Westchester,” said Dawn French, Vice President of Marketing and Community Relations. “It’s an inspiring story of transformation, success and dedication to our community- one that we proudly celebrate with this milestone.”

First auto ambulance, 1911

New lobby and patient tower at the Hospital, 2015

Be a part of history. Share your story online at wph125.org.

FEBRUARY 27.................... Family-Owned Business Awards at 1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains

MARCH 27........................................ Home Décor & Design

APRIL 10...................................................... Pitching Event APRIL 24....................................... Commercial Real Estate MAY 15.................... Fairfield County Doctors of Distinction JUNE 19............................................. 40 Under 40 Awards JUNE............................................... Above the Bar Awards JULY 19.............................. Women in Hospitality and Food SEPTEMBER 20.. Westchester County Doctors of Distinction OCTOBER 16............................................... C-Suite Awards

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Advanced wound care center opens at St. Joseph's in Yonkers

BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

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t. Joseph’s Medical Center held a ribbon cutting Jan. 22 for the new O’Neill Center for Advanced Wound Care, an outpatient facility that offers treatment for patients with nonhealing wounds.

“Those of you that know anything about health care know that it is changing and evolving constantly,” Michael J. Spicer, president and CEO of St. Joseph's Medical Center, said during the ceremony. “Because of this, we as providers look to enhance and expand our services, especially if those services can be provided on an outpatient basis.”

Spicer said the medical center looked to

the needs of the community and felt this facility “was a service that met a critical need.”

Between 5 million and 7 million Americans experience at least one form of a nonhealing wound annually, according to the center’s Co-Medical Director Dr. James Jen, and the incidence of these wounds is increasing by approximately 10 percent each year.

“Many of these individuals suffer from wounds that refuse to heal despite conventional treatment,” he said. “These wounds seldom involve a simple answer.”

At the center, patients are examined by a staff that includes doctors, nurses and technicians with advanced training in wound care and are evaluated for all possible physical conditions, such as diabetes, that could inter-

Advancing Care. Here.

fere with proper healing.

The team is also trained in hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which promotes healing by increasing the level of oxygen in tissue and improving the healing efficiency of white blood cells. Therapy is administered in a hyperbaric chamber that delivers 100 percent oxygen with increased atmospheric pressure, stimulating the entire body’s natural healing responses.

Patients prescribed this treatment typically require two-hour sessions five days per week. During treatment, patients lay in individual chambers that are equipped with televisions and headphones for their entertainment.

Co-medical Director Dr. James DeMeo said the addition of the wound care center will benefit numerous patients in the community suffering with complications from diabetes or other types of nonhealing wounds.

“Our goal is to return patients to their daily lives as quickly and efficiently as possible,” he said.

The medical center partnered with RestorixHealth, a White Plains provider of wound care management services, to bring the facility to Yonkers. “We fully expect this center to set the standard of care in our region,” Spicer said.

Bringing you the region’s leading network of preventive, primary, specialty and advanced care, right where you live.

Sherry Ayala, a hyperbaric oxygen technician, at the opening of the new facility. Photo by Aleesia Forni.

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The facility was named in honor of Richard O’Neill, founder of the affordable housing development company Sacred Heart Housing and a longtime supporter of St. Joseph’s. “I can’t think of anyone really who is more deserving of having his name on this banner,” Mayor Mike Spano said at the opening ceremony.

The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Saint Joseph’s Medical Center at 127 S. Broadway in Yonkers is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 914-378-7900 or visit saintjosephs.org.

Stamford’s pediatric ER is busy expanding – and treating flu

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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early 18 months after opening, the pediatric emergency department at Stamford Hospital — the first of its kind in the region — is plenty busy.

That’s both a good thing and a bad thing when it comes to emergency health care, said Dr. Heather Machen, the hospital’s director of pediatric emergency medicine.

Machen said that while the department, which opened in September 2016, typically sees patients “in the upper teens” daily, the unexpected upswing in flu cases this winter has spiked patient numbers to the low 30s. On Jan. 21, she said, the staff saw 70 children in a 24-hour period.

“That’s not just us,” said Machen. “The numbers are surging right now nationwide.”

The pediatric emergency department’s patient volume has also increased “tremendously” as more people learn of its existence, Machen said, adding that people now come from as far away as Westchester County.

A Greenwich native, Machen came to Stamford in 2016 following nine years at Texas Children’s Hospital

in Houston as an attending physician in the emergency center. “My friends who had children with an emergency would call me in Houston and ask, ‘Where should we go?’” she recalled. “And I’d tell them that their best bet was Yale (Yale New Haven Pediatric Specialty Center in New Haven). Then they’d really panic: ‘I don’t want to drive on I-95!’”

“And let’s face it,” she added with a laugh, “who does?”

The pediatric emergency department consists of eight treatment spaces within the hospital’s 50 adult treatment spaces, partitioned in such a way that staff can easily move from one to the other while shielding children and their families from “what can be a bit much” in the adult ER, Machen said. “Craziness going on in the background doesn’t help anybody,” she noted.

A jaunty nautical theme — “let’s face it, it’s ‘Nemo’,” Machen said — also strives to make an ER visit feel “as nice and safe as it can be” for young patients. Local donors, including a Girl Scout troop and students at area elementary schools, have also donated toys and artwork to add a homey touch.

The pediatric emergency department was fund-

ed in part by a $20 million donation from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation made in 2014. Named after its donors, the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children’s Institute also includes the Cohen Children’s Unit — 10 all-private patient rooms decorated with the oceanic theme — and the Cohen Children’s Specialty Center at Tully Health Center, which offers a program for families to make healthy lifestyle changes. The Tully Center at 23 Strawberry Hill Court is about a 10-minute drive from Stamford Hospital.

With a dedicated pediatric surgeon, Dr. Gerard Weinberg, on staff, “We can now keep children here if they need to be admitted,” Machen said.

“A year ago, they would have needed to be transferred, which means you’re looking at adding 45 to 90 minutes, depending on traffic, going up and down 95, which again can be very stressful.”

The pediatric emergency department is continuing to expand, she said, with respiratory therapy and urology leading the way.

Pediatric patient hours are noon to 10 p.m. At other times, those patients are seen by emergency department doctors who are supported around the clock by pediatric hospitalists and specialists, including Machen.

Hours, staff and services will continue to be expanded “as needed. We will respond to whatever the community asks of us,” Machen said.

A pediatric emergency department that opened at Stamford Hospital in 2016 is part of the nautically themed Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children’s Institute.

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SENIORS ENJOY AGING IN PLACE AT UNITED HEBREW OF NEW ROCHELLE Families have peace of mind knowing their loved ones can age in place at United Hebrew, a vibrant, nonprofit 7.5-acre campus of comprehensive care. We offer an array of services to our residents and to the community to meet individuals’ evolving health care needs: • Long-term skilled nursing • Burke Rehabilitation at United Hebrew • Assisted living • Memory care for those with Alzheimer’s and related dementias • Independent senior housing • Home health care for those in the community.

QUALITY MATTERS The quality of staff really matters when caring for the elderly. You’ll be happy to know we have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in New York State. Consistently named among the “Best Nursing Homes” by U.S. News & World Report, United Hebrew received a five-star rating from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2011 - 2017, a level achieved by only 22 percent of all nursing homes nationally, and was

named as one of America’s Best for Extended Care by the Women’s Choice Award.

Our home health division also achieves top scores. The agency recently received 4.5 out of five stars from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, placing it in the top 12 percent in the nation. What’s more, the gracious retirement community at Willow Towers Assisted Living has earned national building and design awards and was recently named as a recipient of the National Center for Assisted Living’s 2017 Quality Initiative Recognition Program.

WE CARE FOR YOU LIKE FAMILY But caregiving is much more than ratings on a scale; it is an art. Experienced and compassionate caregivers across our entire campus meet the health and medical needs of more than 1,000 residents in our continuing care community, while helping them continue to live their lives with purpose.

Residents benefit from expert care in a warm and nurturing environment. Our campus community is a home, where all residents are treated with kindness, dignity, and respect.

Serving the Westchester metropolitan region since 1919, United Hebrew has become a model for care throughout the metropolitan area because of our ability to provide supportive care for a wide range of seniors, from those who can live independently to those with advanced health care needs — and everyone in between. Our newest facility, Willow Gardens Memory Care, is Westchester County’s first

nonprofit assisted living residence devoted exclusively to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. On United Hebrew’s campus of comprehensive care, residents are safe, comfortable and enjoy a high quality of life.

Learn more by calling us at 914-632-2804, or www.uhgc.org. You may also visit our campus at 391 Pelham Road, New Rochelle, NY.

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Vassar Brothers expansion project on track

BY BOB ROZYCKI bobr@westfairinc.com

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assar Brothers Medical Center is on schedule for its massive expansion endeavor, a $545 million, eight-story, 752,000-squarefoot patient pavilion that is rising next to the existing hospital in Poughkeepsie along the Hudson River.

“Now that we are in year two of the three-year project, the largest in the city of Poughkeepsie history, daily progress is visible to those who drive by” on Route 9, said John Nelson, director of public and community affairs with Health Quest Systems, a nonprofit health care system that includes Vassar Brothers

and three other Hudson Valley hospitals along with Health Quest Medical Practice, Health Quest Urgent Care and several affiliates.

“Crews are putting up the steel frame of the new, eight-level patient pavilion and are on track for completion of that portion of construction this spring,” Nelson said. “With this project, we are raising the bar on how health care is delivered and we are changing how patients in our community will experience that care.”

Subcontractors on the pavilion project include structural engineers Graef of Chicago; BR+A of Boston for mechanical, electrical and plumbing; civil engineers Chazen Cos. of Poughkeepsie;

and Dirtworks of New York City as landscape architect. General contractors are Walsh Construction of Chicago and Consigli Construction Co. of Albany.

The project, which broke ground in September 2016, will create a minimum of 21 permanent jobs inside the hospital and up to 750 temporary construction-related jobs.

It is set to be finished in 2019.

The new building, which is being constructed with money coming from private hospital funds and hospital bonds, will include: • Four floors of all-private inpatient rooms with bathrooms. Each room will be 330 square feet in size, compared to the 243 square feet of the existing semiprivate rooms. Each floor will house 66 rooms.

• An additional floor will be able to accommodate 66 beds “at a point in the not-too-distant future when increasing patient volume demands the floor be completed and opened.”

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A view of the rising ironwork with the Hudson River below in the background. Photo by Bob Rozycki.

• A 66-bay emergency room/trauma center with approximately 58,000 square feet of space. It is nearly twice the size of the current emergency room, which treats 70,000 patients annually.

• Fifteen operating suites of varying size.

• A 72,000-square-foot, 30-bed intensive care unit that will be three times larger than the existing one.

• Visitor lounges, a 240seat cafeteria, outside seating areas and a 300-seat community conference center for staff and visitors.

Vassar Brothers has made “herculean efforts to manage patient volume while attempting to modernize and maintain the existing facility,” according to Nelson.

“The best solution for our patients, doctors, nurses and

other employees is to build a state-of-the-art facility that reflects changes in technology used in diagnostics and care in a setting that is comfortable and family-friendly.”

The new medical center will be a far cry from its first iteration as Vassar Hospital, which opened in 1887 with four wards of 10 beds each and three private rooms with river views.

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BRIEFLY TRAGER RETIRING AS CEO OF WJCS

Longtime CEO of Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS), Alan Trager, will retire from his position this June. Trager served as CEO for 20 years and had a 42-year career at WJCS. “This has been a truly humbling experience and a privilege to have been part of the WJCS story,” Trager said.

“I’m closing this chapter with great comfort in knowing that WJCS will continue long into the future to provide opportunity, hope and the highest quality care to Westchester neighbors in need.”

During Trager’s time as CEO, WJCS grew from a $17 million to a $42 million agency with more than 80 programs. The agency

serves 20,000 people annually and employs a staff of more than 750.

“Alan has guided the agency in becoming a premier social service agency, forging a culture of caring and respect, and positioning WJCS as an industry leader in the future,” said Neil Sandler, president of the board of WJCS. “And he has done this all with intelligence, integrity, uncommon dedication and a healthy dash of Trager humor.”

Among his accomplishments at WJCS, Trager conceived and created the agency’s first trauma center for victims of child sexual abuse. That program was recently renamed the Trager Lemp Center in honor of Trager and a colleague at WJCS, Pat Lemp.

“As Westchester’s largest provider of community-based mental health services, Alan’s steady and expert hand and visionary strategic leadership has ensured the viability

and stability of its mental health clinical services,” said Michael Orth, commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health.

WJCS is a White Plainsbased human services agency that provides mental health, trauma, disabilities, youth and geriatric services.

OBAMACARE ENROLLMENT HEALTHY IN NY

Enrollment in New York State of Health, the staterun health exchange set up under the Affordable Care Act, surpassed last year’s sign-up numbers as the open enrollment deadline approached.

The state Department of Health announced on Jan. 18 that 243,600 New Yorkers have signed up for qualified health plans offered by private insurers on the state health insurance exchange, exceeding last year’s enrollment.

About 55,000 of the qualified health plan enroll-

Bob loves the peace and quiet of fishing at the end of the dock.

“My doctor keeps my cholesterol in check, my blood pressure in range and my fishing line in the water.”

ees are new, the rest are returning customers.

Enrollment was also up for the Essential Plan, which offers plans for $20 per month to lower-income New Yorkers who still make too much for Medicaid or Child Health Plus. Enrollment in that plan reached 726,300, up more than 10,000 people since last reported in mid-December.

The three-month open enrollment period ends Jan. 31. That’s the deadline for the commercial qualified health plans offered on the state exchange.

Enrollment in Medicaid, Child Health Plus and the Essential Plan insurance offerings on the exchange is open year-round.

New York chose to maintain a later deadline than the Dec. 15 cutoff set by the federal government for states that rely on the federal Healthcare.gov marketplace.

State health officials promised in the announcement a final enrollment

push that was to include an increase in paid advertising, targeted email reminders to consumers and more than 85 events across the state.

ACCESS HEALTH CT PUSHES CONSUMERS TO VERIFY INFO

Access Health CT warns that more than 23,000 consumers — including more than 3,000 in Fairfield County — still need to send documents to verify their account information such as annual household income or immigration status to receive insurance coverage this year.

“If you got a letter from Access Health CT in the mail or through your online account asking you to send us documents to confirm details of your application, please do so as soon as possible, or you could lose your 2018 coverage or financial help,” AHCT CEO James R. Wadleigh Jr. said.

The open enrollment period for 2018 coverage ended on Dec. 22, 2017, and

consumers have 90 days from their date of enrollment to submit their information if it is requested.

Nearly 31 percent of open verifications have a due date of Feb. 25, 2018.

“Every year we see people lose their insurance or financial help because they fail to pay their bill or send us the documents we need to verify that the information we have in the system is correct,” Wadleigh said.

Wadleigh also clarified that the elimination of the individual mandate penalty, which requires people to have health care coverage or pay a penalty, does not take effect until 2019. Consumers still need to have coverage in 2018 or they will have to pay a tax penalty.

He further noted that customers must pay their first bill to their insurance company on time to remain covered.

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Don’t Even Consider Skilled Nursing…

Until You’ve Considered This!

THE TOP 5 THINGS TO KNOW AND DO WHEN SEARCHING FOR SKILLED CARE If you’ve noticed that your elderly parent is increasingly forgetful — like not turning off the stove or not taking medication as prescribed, or not touching the meals you’ve left in the fridge — it may be time to consider outside support.

These are all telltale signs that a parent can no longer safely reside independently.

“People don’t usually plan on coming to a nursing home,” explains Allen Brown, executive director of the Nathaniel Witherell.

“That decision is often prompted by a sudden illness or injury that causes hospitalization, after which the level of care needed dictates that they be moved to a skilled nursing facility.

But there are other telltale signs that it’s time.

Forgetfulness to the point of danger to the individual is one of them.”

It’s this lack of planning that can be the most taxing on families. To help make the decisionmaking process easier, take this advice when considering skilled nursing.

• Know when it’s time: Safety and supervision are the top issues for the elderly. So, if you’re noticing signs such as extreme forgetfulness and behavioral

changes such as agitation, aggression or disinhibition, or an inability to move independently, it’s time to consider skilled nursing. Keep in mind that assisted living and residential facilities are sometimes not equipped to provide the higher-level services needed when these issues arise, or if they do, they might come at a higher cost.

• Do your homework: The best way to make a decision is to visit and tour a facility you are considering. Speak to staff members to get a feel for the culture.

It’s also smart to visit during a mealtime to evaluate dining services and possibly speak to residents informally. Don’t feel constrained only to posted tour times. You should be able to stop by anytime during visiting hours and expect to have someone show you around.

• Set priorities: Quality of care is crucial, as is staff turnover. When a facility’s care team is stable and staff turnover is low, it indicates that there will be consistency of attention for your loved ones.

• Location matters: Geography is an important factor, particularly as visits from family and friends are important. Close proximity and flexible visiting hours or regular activities that include family members, make it possible for you to continue to spend quality time together.

• Familiarity brings comfort: Keeping your loved one near home or in a community-based facility helps. Because the

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BY ANTHONY J. ENEA Contributing writer

Tax reform and the importance of long-term care planning

T

he recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 provides for a dramatic increase in the federal estate and gift tax credit — the amount excluded from federal taxation. The act, which became effective on Jan. 1, will end on Jan. 1, 2025 for most provisions affecting individuals.

For 2018, the estate and gift tax credit will be $11.2 million per person — compared with $5.49 million per person in 2017 - and $22.4 million for a married couple.

Because of this increase in the amount excluded from taxation, the vast majority of

Americans will not be impacted by federal estate and gift taxes. In fact, it has been estimated that the number of federal estate tax returns filed for the year 2018 will drop from approximately 5,000 per year to 1,500 per year.

Additionally, the new law allows the heirs and beneficiaries of the decedent to receive the property inherited at its fair market value on date of death, thus being able to avoid capital gains taxes unless the property or assets are sold for more than their date-ofdeath fair market value.

Considering the amount

of taxes imposed on one’s earnings and savings during one’s life, many would consider this to be a just result.

While New York and other states still have an estate tax, it is not as onerous as the 40 percent tax rate imposed under federal law for estates larger than the available credit. In New York, the available estate tax credit for 2018 will be $5.25 million per person and $10.5 million per couple, as indexed for inflation, with the highest tax rate of approximately 16 percent on amounts above the available credit.

So why does the new tax legislation make long-term care and elder law planning even more important? The answer is quite simple.

With the federal estate tax and the New York estate tax being of little concern for most New Yorkers, the most important issue many seniors should focus on are the steps needed to ensure that their life savings are not dissipated by the significant

cost of long-term care, either nursing home 0r home care.

It is important to take the necessary proactive steps to protect one’s life savings before health and aging issues rear their ugly head.

Whether it be utilizing an Irrevocable Medicaid Asset Protection Trust, the gifting of assets to loved ones or purchasing long-term care insurance, it is imperative that seniors act while they are in good health and are still capable of doing the planning. It is also important that one be cognizant of the five-year ineligibility period created for Medicaid nursing home eligibility when one transfers assets to an irrevocable trust and/or as gifts to children or others.

In conclusion, the significant minimization of the risks of being subjected to the federal estate tax for all intents and purposes highlights the importance for seniors to refocus their attention to their long-term care and elder law planning needs.

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Attorney Anthony J. Enea is a member of Enea, Scanlan, & Sirignano LLP, of White Plains and Somers, and president of the Westchester County Bar Foundation and past president of the Westchester County Bar Association. He is the past

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Facts & Figures BANKRUPTCIES MANHATTAN BeerCo Limited LLC. 220 Fifth Ave., New York 10001. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by J. Ted Donovan. Filed: Jan. 22. Case no. 1810150-jlg.

First Ave. Wine Merchants Inc. 383 First Ave., New York 10001.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented

by Paul D. Feinstein. Filed: Jan. 22.

Case no. 18-10147-smb.

Hungry Bunny Café Inc. 973 Eighth Ave., Store No. C, New York 10019. Chapter 11, voluntary Represented by Fearonce G. La Lande.

Filed: Jan 19. Case no. 18-10124-mew.

Menotti Enterprise LLC. 1816 Trafalgar Place, Bronx 10460. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Eric S. Medina. Filed: Jan. 19. Case no. 1810138-shl.

Norfolk Street Management LLC. 60 Riverside Blvd., Apt. 1901, New York 10069. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Dawn Kirby and Serene K. Nakano. Filed: Jan. 17.

Case no. 18-10113-jlg.

WHITE PLAINS CB&B Partners Corp. 58 Reagan Road, Spring Valley 10977. Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by Jerrold W. Miles. Filed: Jan. 19. Case no. 1822099-rdd.

JTL Construction Corp. 455 Tarrytown Road, Suite 1544, White Plains 10607. Chapter 11, voluntary.

Represented by Robert Leslie Rattet.

Filed: Jan. 18. Case no. 18-22098-rdd.

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Julia Haart LLC. 113 Carlton Road West, Suffern 10901. Chapter 7, involuntary. Represented by Julia Haart LLC. Filed: Jan. 22. Caes no.

18-22117-rdd.

COURT CASES The ARC Putnam New York et al. Filed by Tina Dixons. Action: diversity action. Attorney: Ira Mark Maurer. Filed: Jan. 19. Case no. 7:18cv-00447.

ON THE RECORD

DEEDS Above $1 million 19 North Moger Avenue LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Diane M. Hutchins, et al, Mount Kisco. Property: 19 N. Moger Ave., Mount Kisco.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Jan. 19.

Duane Reade Inc. et al. Filed by Ashiq K. Saudagar. Action: diversity action. No attorney listed. Filed: Jan. 19. Case no. 7:18-cv-00437-CS.

38-40 Lorraine Avenue LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: LaMasa Realty LLC, Mount Vernon. Property: 38 Lorraine Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Jan. 18.

FMA Alliance Ltd. Filed by Alodia R. Ruiz. Action: Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney: Ryan Leyland Gentile. Filed: Jan. 22. Case no. 7:18-cv00563.

500 Commerce LLC, Hawthorne.

Seller: 500 Commerce Street Inc., Pleasantville. Property: 500 Commerce St., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Jan. 19.

H&R Block Inc. Filed by Iman Ibrahim. Action: job discrimination (unlawful employment practices).

Attorney: Diane A. Aboushi. Filed: Jan. 22. Case no. 7:18-cv-00518-NSR.

American International Relocation Solutions LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Seller: Jonathan Jurek, et al, Armonk. Property: 43 N. Greenwich Road, North Castle.

Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Jan. 16.

Mount Pleasant Cottage School District. Filed by Maria Alvarado.

Action: job discrimination (race).

Attorney: Bryan David Glass. Filed: Jan. 19. Case no. 7:18-cv-00494.

Nutone Inc. Filed by State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. Action: diversity-property damage/product. Attorney: Dennis Arthur First. Filed: Jan. 19. Case no. 7:18-cv-00436-VB. The Permanent Mission of Chad to the United Nations in New York. Filed by Charles G. Bateman III. Action: personal injury. Attorney: Eric Jason Gottfied. Filed: Jan. 19. Case no. 7:18-cv-00416-KMK. Rehabilitation Support Services Inc. Filed by Effie Phillips. Action: employment discrimination. Attorneys: Andrew Todd Miltenberg and Gabrielle Vinci. Filed: Jan. 18. Case no. 7:18-cv-00451.

Sterling Infosystems Inc. d.b.a.

Sterling Backcheck. Filed by Deloris Andrews. Action: Fair Credit Reporting Act. Attorney: Adam Guttmann Singer. Filed: Jan. 19. Case no.

7:18-cv-00450.

Village of Sleepy Hollow. Filed

by Hector Rosario. Action: job discrimination (unlawful employment practices). Attorney: Christopher Dale Watkins. Filed: Jan. 19. Case no.

7:18-cv-00445-VB.

Jack Anthony Realty LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: P. Paramount Properties LLC, Scarsdale. Property: 156 Brook St., Eastchester. Amount: $1 million. Filed Jan. 16.

KEF Holdings LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: 106 North Broadway LLC, Irvington. Property: 88 N. Broadway, Greenburgh. Amount: $4.5 million.

Filed Jan. 16.

Wegmans Food Markets Inc., Rochester. Seller: 106/108/110 Corporate Park Drive Owner SPE LLC, Morristown. New Jersey. Property: 106-8-9-1 Corporate, Harrison.

Amount: $26.5 million. Filed Jan. 16.

Below $1 million 24 Lindsey LLC, Bronx. Seller: Guy T. Parisi, Rye. Property: 24 Lindsey St., Yonkers. Amount: $422,885.

Filed Jan. 19.

3 Sixth Street LLC, Scarsdale.

Seller: Ephraim Rabin, New Rochelle. Property: 18 Park Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $400,000. Filed Jan. 17.

61 North Street LLC, Great Neck.

Seller: OWB REO LLC, Austin, Texas. Property: 61 North St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $275,000. Filed Jan. 18.

816 East Boston Post Road LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Rose Lane Realty LLC, Mamaroneck. Property: 816 E. Boston Post Road, Rye. Amount: $700,000. Filed Jan. 19.

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E2F Properties LLC, Scarsdale.

Seller: Mario J. Nardi, Rye Brook.

Property: 11 Maywood Ave., Rye. Amount: $232,500. Filed Jan. 19.

Acqua Capital LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Ian P. Spier, White Plains.

Property: 8 Sabrina Lane, Ossining.

Amount: $286,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Euan A. Ellis Asset Management LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Courtney Lee, Grayson, Georgia. Property: 10 Watkins Place, New Rochelle.

Amount: $425,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Affinity Media LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: SRMOF II REO 2013-1 Trust. Property: 80 Exchange Place, Rye. Amount: $278,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Fairmont Ardsley LLC, Monticello. Seller: Barbara A. Harrington, Scarsdale. Property: 21 Fairmont Ave., Greenburgh.

Amount: $625,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Ardmore Properties LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: George Daher, Greenwich, Connecticut. Property: 12 Smith St., Rye. Amount: $318,000.

Filed Jan. 19.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Ian P. Spier, White Plains. Property: 240 Tecumseh Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $621,723. Filed Jan. 16.

Bindela Construction LLC, Bronx. Seller: Paula Stylides. Property: 120 Old Army Road, Yonkers.

Amount: $445,000. Filed Jan. 18.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Lisa D’Alessio, Bronx. Property: 112 Delancey Road, North Salem.

Amount: $616,906. Filed Jan. 18.

Bradford Development Properties LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Alfonso Rossi, et al, New Rochelle. Property: 20 Park Ave., Rye. Amount: $180,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Mcguire Lane LLC, West Hempstead. Seller: Eric Somberg, et al, Edgewater New Jersey. Property: Mount Airy Road West, Cortlandt.

Amount: $220,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Brookfield Relocation Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona. Seller: Lingyao Meng, White Plains. Property: 500 Pondside Drive, 4K, Greenburgh.

Amount: $251,000. Filed Jan. 16.

N.P. Dodge Jr., a.k.a. Trust Between National Equity Incorporated and N.P. Dodge Jr., Omaha, Michigan. Seller: Christian Gilly, et a, Yorktown Heights. Property: 2415 Pinetree Place, Yorktown. Amount: $825,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Cherokee Debt Acquisition LLC, New York City. Seller: John J. Edwards, et al, New Rochelle.

Property: 426 Pinebrook Blvd., New Rochelle. Amount: $550,000. Filed Jan. 17.

CIT Bank N.A. Seller: Bruce L. Bozeman, Mount Vernon. Property: 302 S. First Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $350,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Commerce Avenue Corp., Riverside, Connecticut. Seller: Salvatore Di Santo Jr., Port Chester. Property: 1 Landmark Square, 625, Rye. Amount: $340,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Commerce Avenue Corp., Riverside. Seller: Sean M. Lally, Port Chester. Property: 1 Landmark Square, 413, Rye. Amount: $265,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Diamond Ridge Partners LLC, White Plains. Seller: John G. Molloy, Somers. Property: 20 Raynor Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $306,000.

Filed Jan. 18.

Diamond Ridge Partners LLC, White Plains. Seller: Stephanie Whidden, Kingston. Property: 8 Evergreen Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $145,000. Filed Jan. 19.

NBR Properties LLC, White Plains. Seller: Ronald J. Molz, et al, Mount Kisco. Property: 392-396 King St., New Castle. Amount: $925,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Newpro Prop Corp., Astoria.

Seller: 33 Echo LLC, New Rochelle.

Property: 46 Locust Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $650,000. Filed Jan. 17.

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RAS Closing Services LLC, Glen Ellyn, Il. Seller: Colleen Ostrowski, et al, Purchase. Property: 32 Old Lyme Road, Harrison. Amount: $985,000.

Filed Jan. 17.

ROEM LLC, Rye Brook. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 219 Beech Road, Yorktown. Amount: $250,054.

Filed Jan. 17.

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TMP Properties LLC, Thornwood. Seller: Donald K. Madera, et al, Pleasantville. Property: 84 Locust St., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $495,000. Filed Jan. 17.

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GOOD THINGS WESTCHESTER

LYSS PROMOTED AT NRDC

Westchester County Executive George Latimer, far right, and apprentice hopefuls pose for photos after certificate ceremony.

HOPING TO HEAR ‘YOU’RE HIRED’ It was quite the opposite of an apprentice television show with someone shouting, “You’re fired!” On Jan. 22, real people who want to become real apprentices were honored by Westchester County Executive George Latimer at the county office building in White Plains. Latimer gave certificates of completion to 10 members of the first class of the Don Bosco/P2A Pre-Apprenticeship Pilot Program.

Don Bosco Workers Inc. in Port Chester provides a job bank, advocates for worker rights and helps workers develop job skills. P2A (Pathways 2 Apprenticeship) is a nonprofit that works with unions to create apprenticeship opportunities for those from low-income areas.

More than 100 candidates applied for the four weeks of instruction, which focused on job readiness as well as developing other necessary skills to enter the unionized construction industry.

Latimer honored the program for its innovation and success in workforce development and called for the creation of more of programs of this type in Westchester County.

Alana Sweeny, on right, congratulates Amelia Chikota for the successful event.

READING KITS HONOR DR. KING To mark Dr. Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 15, volunteers assembled more than 2,000 reading kits for the United Way of Westchester and Putnam that will go to low-income children to encourage reading.

Girl Scout Amelia Chikota of Chappaqua Troop 1033 worked with United Way to organize the event as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project. More than 200 volunteers participated in the event at the Girl Scout Heart of the Hudson offices in Pleasantville.

Chikota said, “Every person who came to the event played a vital role in helping local underprivileged children.”

Alana Sweeny, president and CEO of United Way, said, “More than 60 percent of low-income households do not have one children’s book in the home. The ability to read is a make or break factor in a child’s future success in school and beyond.”

SPERLING IS NEW CARDIOVASCULAR CHIEF

Part of the donated land fronting on Route 9D, with Castle Rock, the estate of former Illinois Central Railroad President William H. Osborn, on the hill. Photo by Scenic Hudson.

LAND DONATED FOR NEW PHILIPSTOWN PARK The Open Space Institute and Scenic Hudson have donated 10.8 acres of land to the town of Philipstown to create a new park. The institute will retain a conservation easement on the property to prevent the possibility of future development. Long-term goals for the land call for the creation of an area for youth soccer and space for a community garden.

The parkland is in the hamlet of Garrison at the crossroads of Routes 9D and 403, opposite the Desmond-Fish Library.

“This latest parkland addition to the town of Philipstown will permanently protect this community green space and allow for expanded recreational opportunity for local residents,” said Kim Elliman, president and CEO of the institute.

“The land’s central location makes it a perfect place for people to come together to play sports, grow fresh vegetables and flowers, or just to stroll across the fields,” said Steve Rosenberg, Scenic Hudson Land Trust executive director.

The two groups jointly acquired the land and 74 additional acres from the Osborn family in 1981. They donated 43 acres to the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in 2011. That property has been incorporated into Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve.

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Jason Sperling has joined Health Quest Medical Practice as chief of cardiovascular surgery for Health Quest’s four hospitals, Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut. Sperling will be based in Poughkeepsie.

Among other things, he plans to establish a comprehensive thoracic aorta program, genetics research, advanced interventions, including the David procedure, off-pump coronary bypass and minimally invasive approaches to dealing with persistent atrial fibrillation.

Sperling had been with Health ONE in Denver, Colorado, where he served as both the director of cardiac surgery and medical director of cardiovascular services.

National Realty & Development Corp.

(NRDC) in Purchase has announced the promotion of Harrison Lyss to managing director of real estate operations. Lyss first joined NRDC in 2016. In his new position, he will be working on projects that include leasing, creating property operating efficiencies, construction project review and reporting, financing and tech initiatives.

“Harrison has distinguished himself as a team player aiding in all units of the company,” company President John G. Orrico said.

Lyss had worked as a property manager for GHP, the office building division of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors in White Plains.

The NRDC portfolio is composed of 78 projects in 14 states.

FISCHER NOW WITH FISHKILL FIRM

SCORE SCORES BIG The Westchester Chapter of SCORE, based at 120 Bloomingdale Road in White Plains, has been awarded platinum status for the fourth year in a row by the national organization.

That’s the highest rating for local chapters of the nonprofit.

To earn the platinum award, a chapter must perform well in more than 20 categories.

SCORE district directors review all chapters annually.

“All of our volunteers are very proud that our chapter has achieved Platinum status for the fourth consecutive year,” said Richard Feldman, SCORE Westchester chairman. “We are even more proud, however, of our clients’ achievements and the growth of their businesses.”

During the past 12 months, the number of volunteer small-business mentors involved with SCORE Westchester has increased by 15 percent. These business mentors provided services to more than 900 individual clients. More than 4,700 individuals attended more than 90 educational workshops.

Attorney Ellen A. Fischer has joined the Fishkill-based law firm Feldman, Kleidman, Coffey, Sappe & Regenbaum LLP. She has worked primarily as a medical malpractice defense attorney since 1998.

Fischer is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association of New York (Mid-Hudson Chapter) and the Dutchess County Bar Association.

HAPPENING

CHAMBER FOUNDATION RECEIVES $10K GRANT

Participants in the Youth Leadership Program hear from Christopher Short of the marketing firm DragonSearch at a recent session held at the Fresh Air Fund’s Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill.

From left: Mark Goodman, chair of the college’s board of trustees; Cristle Collins Judd; Kendal Flowerdew, student in the class of 2019; Mike Spano; Deputy Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins; Yonkers Councilman Michael Sabatino behind Jenkins; Yonkers Commissioner of Planning and Development Wilson Kimball; and Chuck Lesnick, former Yonkers city council president who represented Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Photo by Dana Maxon.

GROUNDBREAKING FOR BARBARA WALTERS CENTER Sarah Lawrence College on Jan. 18 broke ground for the construction of a $35 million campus center, named in honor of college alumna Barbara Walters. The noted journalist and television personality donated the lead gift of $15 million for the 34,800-square-foot center. It will include the Barbara Walters Gallery for exhibitions of fine art and the Barbara Walters Archives and Reading Room.

College President Cristle Collins Judd said, “This center will create a civic space and a cultural anchor at a time when we, as a society, face a pressing need for opportunities to foster open conversation, to foster listening, to create and forge bonds of community.”

Walters sent a message saying, in part, “This is a very exciting time not just for the college but for the community. We can look ahead to a place of study, contemplation and socializing that will be a focus that the college has not had before.”

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano said, “Throughout her career, Barbara Walters engaged her audiences with in-depth and insightful interviews. She connected us. This building…will serve as a center for engagement and connect our communities. It will be a place where people can gather, unite, and make a difference.”

KAIDANOW HEADS HOLOCAUST CENTER BOARD Attorney Joseph Kaidanow has been named as the chairperson of the board of directors of the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center, which is based in White Plains. He has served on the board for 10 years.

“The environment we find ourselves in today makes it vitally important to combat prejudice, intolerance and bigotry. We must teach our children to stand up for themselves as well as others, and to be upstanders who defend the right of everyone to live in peace and with dignity,” Kaidanow said.

He is a principal of Arkaid LLC, which invests in, manages and provides consulting services for both commercial and residential property. Kaidanow is also a principal and president of Facilities Management and Relocation, a commercial and residential brokerage company.

His parents, Jerry and Ellen Kaidanow, survived the Holocaust.

The mission of the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center is to enhance the teaching and learning of the lessons of the Holocaust to support the right of all people to be treated with dignity and respect.

PALMER JOINS RAND Rand Commercial, which handles commercial real estate, multifamily residential housing, development marketing, land sales and development, condo conversion and corporate relocation has announced that Gary Palmer has joined its White Plains office as a licensed real estate salesperson.

Previously, Palmer helped his family run the Accord Speedway in Ulster County and managed the track’s day-to-day operations throughout the spring and summer.

Paul Adler, regional manager for Rand Commercial, said, “Over the years, Gary has committed himself to his family’s business and because the Rand companies are family-run as well, he understands how important that element is to us.”

BOARD CHANGES AT WCF The Westchester Community Foundation has elected Dale Akinla II, a financial adviser and wealth management professional, as chair of the foundation’s board.

Akinla has been a member of the board since 2012.

Three new members were also elected to the board. They are Sarah Jones-Maturo, president of RM Friedland LLC, Antoinette Klatzky of the Eileen Fisher Community Foundation and Eileen Fisher Leadership Institute, and Ruth Suzman, who also serves on other local and national nonprofit and foundation boards.

In 2017, the organization awarded $2.1 million in grants to local nonprofits with an additional $4.4 million distributed through donor-advised funds.

The Chamber Foundation Inc., the nonprofit affiliate of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, has received a $10,000 grant from State Farm to support The Youth Leadership Program. It’s a program designed to develop the academic, social and life skills of area youth.

The first year of Youth Leadership is designed for sophomores and leads the students through the formation of their own company. They learn the intricacies of running a business. During the second year, as juniors, the students participate in college/real world preparation.

Sophomores complete eight hours of community service and juniors complete a 20-hour internship based on career interests.

Youth Leadership is a collaborative effort with area school districts and is open to any student from any school or district within Dutchess County, including home-schooled students, and is sponsored by The Gap Inc. with support from IBM Corp. and State Farm.

JENNINGS NAMED A HOULIHAN MANAGER

RODRIGUEZ GOES FROM COUNTY TO BLEAKLEY PLATT

Katherine Jennings has been appointed manager of the Millbrook office of real estate brokerage Houlihan Lawrence. She will oversee a team of 35 agents who cover Dutchess, Columbia, Ulster and Greene counties in New York and Litchfield County in Connecticut.

The company points to her deep roots in Westchester and the Hudson Valley. She and her husband founded the Croton Sailing School and worked in real estate and with horses in North Salem. Jennings has been involved in various community organizations, including Old Chatham Hunt Club, Columbia Land Conservancy and Albany Berkshire Ballet.

“Despite some concerns about the new tax code, I think we will continue to see growth in country properties focused on the farm-to-table movement, smallscale farming and the beauty of the Hudson Valley,” Jennings said.

Westchester County’s former director of real estate has joined the White Plainsbased Bleakley Platt & Schmidt LLP. Adam Rodriguez will hold the position of counsel for the law firm.

While with the county, Rodriguez negotiated commercial real estate transactions, including leases for office space throughout the county and multimillion-dollar hangar leases at the Westchester County Airport.

As an associate county attorney, he worked on the affordable housing settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and argued cases in state and federal courts.

Before joining the Westchester County Attorney’s Office, Rodriguez clerked for Chief U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry and U.S. Magistrate Judge Ramon E. Reyes Jr., both of the Eastern District of New York.

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GANGEMI APPOINTED TO ARTS BOARD

Salvatore G. Gangemi, a partner in the Stamford law firm Murtha Cullina, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Palace Theatre Stamford Center for the Arts.

Stamford Center for the Arts owns two facilities: the renovated and restored historic Palace at 61 Atlantic St. and the Rich Forum at 307 Atlantic St. The Rich Forum, which opened in 1992, is leased by NBCUniversal for television production.

Gangemi is a member of the Murtha Cullina litigation department and the labor and employment practice group.

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IMMIGRATION HITS HOME

While the national discourse continues to call attention to the politics of U.S. immigration policy, the Fairfield Museum is opening an exhibition that highlights the experiences of refugees and immigrants who have built new lives in Fairfield County. It’s titled “An American Story: Finding Home in Fairfield County.” The exhibition opens Feb. 8 and runs through July 23 at the museum’s Spaght Gallery.

A series of photographic portraits and biographical narratives explore how eight individuals from Cambodia, Congo, Cuba, Hungary, India, Rwanda and Syria have rebuilt their lives locally.

The exhibition highlights how, in their quest for safety and opportunity, refugees and immigrants from around the world have added to the fabric of communities.

An opening reception is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 8 at which individuals will be recognized for sharing their diverse experiences. The opening will include remarks by Jack Leslie, a strategic communications executive, political consultant and international development activist, on the current status of immigration in the U. S. The reception is open to the public.

The Fairfield Museum’s website is at fairfieldhistory.org.

THE SNEDDON TEA TEAMS UP WITH SOTHEBY’S William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty has announced that real estate veterans Jaime and Kendall Sneddon, operating together as The Sneddon Team, have joined the firm and will be based at the company’s office in New Canaan.

They were recognized last year by REAL Trends, an information source for the real estate industry, as the sixth-ranked team in Connecticut, having achieved $62.4 million in total closed volume in 2016.

The Sneddons said that they chose to move to William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty for its broader reach both regionally and globally, with access to buyers and sellers around the world through a network of affiliated firms, as well as its marketing, media partnerships and relationship with Sotheby’s auction house.

“Joining forces with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty empowers us to provide our clients with every advantage possible,” Jaime Sneddon said.

William Larkin, manager of the New Canaan brokerage, said, “They both have a clear understanding of how to maximize value, with a comprehensive and hands-on approach combined with tremendous skill in pricing, strategy and negotiation, all of which leads to the best possible real estate experience.”

Prior to entering real estate, Jaime Sneddon served as group head of marketing at Intuit and was vice president of small-business services at American Express. Kendall Sneddon also was a vice president at American Express, working directly for the chief marketing officer. They opened their own real estate brokerage firm in 2005.

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Bob Irwin, left, and Mark Lauretti.

RIBBON CUTTTING AT TANGOE

Shelton’s Mayor Mark Lauretti and Bob Irwin, CEO of Tangoe Inc., jointly cut the ceremonial ribbon formally opening Tangoe’s offices at 1 Waterview Drive in Shelton. The company, a global provider of telecom expense management solutions, combined its Orange and Sandy Hook operations at the new location.

With about 34,000 square feet of office space, the location provides employees with 174 workspaces, conference rooms, huddle spaces and more. The company indicated that it plans to continue growing the employee base in Shelton.

The space now occupied by Tangoe was designed by Perkins Eastman in 2010 for children’s clothing brand Carter’s, which relocated its Connecticut operations to Atlanta.

Tangoe says that nearly 50 percent of Fortune 500 companies and thousands of organizations worldwide use its Technology Expense Management products to increase productivity, reduce IT costs and improve data security. It says customer retention is 95 percent.

SHIPMAN & GOODWIN EXPANDS

Shipman & Goodwin LLP, a multipractice law firm with 180 attorneys and offices in Connecticut, New York City and Washington, D.C., has added two attorneys in what it says is part of the strategic expansion of its national real estate and commercial finance practices.

Scott M. Gerard joins the firm as a partner in the business and finance and real estate practice groups. He focuses on commercial finance, corporate law and real estate. Kelly A. Trahan joins as counsel in the firm’s business and finance and real estate groups. She represents clients in the areas of commercial real estate, commercial financing and general corporate matters.

They will work at the firm’s Stamford and New York City offices. Both come to Shipman & Goodwin from the law firm Murtha Cullina.

BAY JOINS BANKWELL

Darien resident Ellen Bay has joined Bankwell as vice president and market manager for Darien, where Bankwell will open one of three branches this spring. She will be responsible for developing new business and building on the bank’s existing community connections and partnerships.

Bay was with Darien Rowayton Bank for nearly eight years. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University with a degree in business administration.

HAPPENING

NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT UNITED WAY

In the center of the photo, surrounded by students, from left, Sergey Dementyev, Viktoriya Kolbenkova, Irina Gorshkov, Fairfield First Selectman Mike Tetreau and Beverly Balaz, president of the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce.

DANCESPORT HOLDS OPENING IN FAIRFIELD Ballroom Dancesport Center held a grand opening at its new location within the Fairfield Sportsplex at 85 Mill Plain Road.

Various demonstrations, performances and free classes began at 11:30 a.m. and there was a formal ribbon cutting in the early afternoon. Leading the activities were Sergey Dementyev and Viktoriya Kolbenkova, the center’s co-managers and lead instructors who are ballroom dancing professionals and competitors.

“Dancing is a great way to relieve stress, meet new people and improve your overall mental and emotional well-being,” said Vladimir Gorshkov, who owns the business with his wife, Irina.

Dementyev, Kolbenkova and the Gorshkovs are originally from St. Petersburg in Russia. They competed in numerous international dance sport championships. Another instructor, Dmitry Krasnyanskiy, originally from Moscow, was a finalist in several dance sport competitions in Russia and represented Russia numerous times in the world championships.

FIRM’S PARTNERS ELECTED TO FELLOWS PROGRAM Gary Klein and David Hardy, partners in the law firm Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, which has offices in New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Litchfield and Southbury, have been elected to the Connecticut Bar Foundation’s James W. Cooper Fellows Program.

Now in its 22nd year, the program was established to honor the leading members of the legal profession and the judiciary in Connecticut. It works to promote a better understanding of the legal profession and the judicial system and to explore ways to improve the profession and the administration of justice in Connecticut. It is named in honor of James W. Cooper, who was a prominent New Haven attorney.

To be selected, attorneys must demonstrate superior legal ability and devotion to the welfare of the community, state and nation, as well as to the advancement of the legal profession.

Information for these features has been submitted by the subjects or their delegates.

Mark Ouellette, Sonii Kollie, Aaron Meyer, Natasha Williams, Eric Duenwald and Tamara Brown.

Six new members are now on the United Way of Western Connecticut board of directors. The United Way chapter serves 15 cities and towns in western Connecticut, including Danbury and Stamford.

“We are so pleased that this outstanding group of professionals have joined our board of directors,” said Kimberly Morgan, the organization’s CEO. “Each of these individuals brings their own passion for being involved in the work we are doing in our communities to support hard-working, struggling households. We look forward to having their experience and insights on our board.”

The new members are: • Mark Ouellette, senior vice president of global operations at Pitney Bowes.

• Sonii Kollie of Kimberly-Clark Corp. where she is an environmental health and safety professional.

• Aaron Meyer, a managing director, portfolio manager and founding partner of the Man Group-GLG Silvermine investment and credit advisory firm.

• Natasha Williams, a managing partner of the N-Touch Strategies consulting firm that develops strategies to help businesses achieve goals.

• Eric Duenwald leads the treasury team for Synchrony Financial, responsible for funding and managing cash and market risk.

• Tamara Brown, director of sustainable development and community engagement at Praxair Inc. United Way of Western Connecticut serves households across northern Fairfield County, southern Litchfield County and in the city of Stamford. It targets the areas of education, financial stability and health.

ZIZKA JOINS LAW FIRM IN WESTPORT

ELWELL PROMOTED AT DOUGLAS ELLIMAN

BRIONES PRINCIPAL AT LAW FIRM

Halloran & Sage in Westport has announced that attorney Michael Zizka has joined the law firm and will be involved with the municipal and land use practice groups.

Zizka served in various positions as town attorney, borough attorney, land use counsel and special counsel for 60 Connecticut municipalities. He also is experienced as a hydrogeologist and environmental analyst and worked for the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. While with the state, he participated in more than 100 environmental reviews of proposed development projects, analyzing water quality, drainage and soil. Zizka authored two publications on land use and is a frequent lecturer on land use and environmental issues.

Halloran & Sage has offices in Westport, Danbury, New Haven, Hartford, Middletown, New London and Washington, D.C.

Greenwich native Scott Elwell has been named senior executive regional manager at Douglas Elliman Real Estate, overseeing the company’s six offices in the Connecticut and Westchester regions. He has been based at Elliman’s Greenwich office where, according to the company, he has been among the highest-producing agents under the age of 40. Elwell is 39.

Scott Durkin, Elliman’s president and COO, said, “His marketing acumen and diverse experience in a variety of real estate segments are critical factors in today’s real estate environment, making Scott an ideal addition to our management team as we continue our growth and expansion.”

Elwell holds degrees in economics and computer science from Trinity College in Hartford. He has an MBA with a concentration in real estate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Cohen and Wolf PC has announced that Annmarie P. Briones has become a principal of the law firm. She joined the firm in 2015 and has been working at its offices in Bridgeport and Westport. The firm also has offices in Danbury and Orange.

Briones primarily practices in the area of family law representing parties in divorce, legal separation, custody and post-judgment dissolution matters.

She serves on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and is on the board of directors of St. Joseph Parenting Center Inc., a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization whose focus is to eliminate child abuse through parent education.

Briones is admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York, and is a member of the American, Connecticut, Regional and Greater Bridgeport Bar Associations. She has a bachelor’s degree from Fairfield University and earned her law degree from Pace University Law School.

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Facts & Figures U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Joan C. Salwen, Scarsdale. Property: 19 White Birch Road South, Pound Ridge.

Amount: $853,838. Filed Jan. 19.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Leonard T. Varella Jr., et al, White Plains. Property: 1715 Prospect Place, Peekskill.

Amount: $616,267. Filed Jan. 19.

FORECLOSURES ARMONK, 3 Leisure Farm Drive.

Single-family residence; lot size: 3.11 acre. Plaintiff: KeyBank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Anthony Veneziano. Referee: Anthony Colavita.

Sale: Jan. 30, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,953,189.18.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, 94 Meadow Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .47 acre. Plaintiff: Philip Kellman. Plaintiff’s attorney: Einig & Bush, 212-983-8866; 420 Lexington Ave., Suite 2020, New York 10170.

Defendant: J. Philip Faranda. Referee: Ronald Zezima. Sale: Feb. 13, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $82,590.00.

HASTINGS ON HUDSON, 42 James St. Single-family residence; lot size: .23 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Michael Bazigso. Referee: Richard Fontana. Sale: Jan 30, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $784,217.00.

IRVINGTON, 83 Harriman Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 2.36 acre. Plaintiff: Bank of America National Association.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore 11706. Defendant: Sylvia Rancic DeNardo. Referee: Albert Cornachio III. Sale: Jan. 29, 9 a.m.

Approximate lien: $3,737,768.65.

MAMARONECK, 127 Highview St. Single-family residence; lot size: .54 acre. Plaintiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Vincenzo Gabriele. Referee: Lawrence Thomas Schiro. Sale: Feb. 6, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $611,142.84.

MOUNT VERNON, 173 Cray Ave. Apartment; lot size: .16 acre. Plaintiff: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill 11254. Defendant: Sheriece McKenzie. Referee: Lonya Ann Gilbert. Sale: Feb. 6, 11:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $840,393.36.

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MOUNT VERNON, 710 S. Sixth Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .12 acre. Plaintiff: HRB Mortgage Holding LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-7591835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Gildardo Arredondo. Referee: Joan Salwen.

Sale: Feb. 6, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $712,122.19.

YONKERS, 266 McLean Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .12 acre. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221.

Defendant: Barbara Bonilla Izaguirre. Referee: Anthony Colavita.

Sale: Jan 30, 9:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $641,405.16.

PLEASANTVILLE, 16 Club Court. Single-family residence; lot size: .05 acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Ben Rosenshine. Referee: Steven Lubowitz. Sale: Jan. 30, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $682,006.11.

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 93 Woodlands Drive. Apartment; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 914-636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New Rochelle 10801. Defendant: Joseph Goubeaud. Referee: Michael Sirgnano. Sale: Feb. 13, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $526,739.52.

RYE, 3 Chester Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: .94 acre.

Plaintiff: Capital One National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 585-987-2800; 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St., Rochester 14614. Defendant: Lina Yazigi. Referee: Jalia Henrichs. Sale: Feb. 6, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $2,085,288.02.

SOUTH SALEM, 72 East St. Single-family residence; lot size: 2.89 acre. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill 11254. Defendant: Rebecca Wells Fischer. Referee: Ryan Karben. Sale: Feb. 8, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,135,667.19.

VALHALLA, 44 Pleasant Ridge Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .04 acre. Plaintiff: Bank of America National Association.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: James Oswald. Referee: Joseph Ruggiero. Sale: Jan. 29, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $331,558.04.

YONKERS, 31 Saint Joseph Ave. Apartment; lot size: .55 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stein, Wiener & Roth, 516-742-1212; 1 Old Country Road, Suite 113, Carle Place 11514. Defendant: Devon Smith.

Referee: Michael Amodio. Sale: Feb. 13, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $420,458.75.

YONKERS, 123 Alexander Ave. Two-family residence; lot size .17 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 914-636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New Rochelle 10801. Defendant: Daneri Encarnacion. Referee: Jerry Kebrdle. Sale: Feb. 6, 10 a.m.

Approximate lien: $422,269.58.

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JUDGMENTS Karl Dibble Inc., Sleepy Hollow. $4,897 in favor of Leggio Corp., Brewster. Filed Jan.18.

Roostaround LLC, Sparkill. $2,522 in favor of White Plains Coat and Apron Company Inc., Peekskill.

Filed Jan. 18.

Tri-State Biodiesel LLC, Bronx. $9,089 in favor of Sprague Operating Resources LLC, Harrison. Filed Jan. 16.

Westchester Industrial Complex LLC, Cortlandt Manor $3,131 in favor of Westchester Industrial Complex LLC, Buchanan. Filed Jan. 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.

Adeyeye, Adebisi A., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $714,022 affecting property located at 1587 Strawberry Road, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed Nov. 21.

Any unknown heirs to the estate of Thomas Vincent Lane, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $110,000 affecting property located at 20 Nelson St., Yonkers 10704. Filed Nov. 21.

Baidoo, Emmanuel, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $480,000 affecting property located at 31 Rogers St., Tuckahoe 10707.

Filed Nov. 21.

Balog, John M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,000 affecting property located at 2570 Amawalk Road, Katonah 10536. Filed Nov. 17.

Colby, James, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.3 million affecting property located at 9 Brittany Court, Chappaqua 10514. Filed Nov. 21.

Culqui, Naida, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $226,000 affecting property located at 184 Purchase St., Unit 1-4, Rye 10580. Filed Nov. 17.

Evans, Josulyn, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $420,000 affecting property located at 26 Jean Lane, Hartsdale 10530.

Filed Nov. 20.

Godfrey, Derrick, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1 million affecting property located at 126 Lord Kitchener Road, New Rochelle 10804. Filed Nov. 21.

Loretoni, Amelia, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located at 151 Mayflower Ave., New Rochelle 10801.

Filed Nov. 21.

Mcneil, Joanith Edwards, et al.

Filed by Trinity Financial Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $55,000 affecting property located at 250 Lorraine Ave., Mount Vernon 10550.

Filed Nov. 21.

Molina, Patricio Cordones, et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 153 Valentine Lane, Yonkers 10705. Filed Nov. 17.

Montague, Clara M., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $316,000 affecting property located at 2094 Maple Ave., Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Nov. 17.

Moore, Aidan, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 9 Hillside Close, White Plains 10603. Filed Nov. 21.

Public administrator of Westchester County as administrator of the estate of Stephen J. Pittari, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $400,000 affecting property located at 50 Carwall Ave., Mount Vernon 10552.

Filed Nov. 20.

Spagnoli, Emma, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $637,500 affecting property located at 17 Ridgeview Drive, Ossining 10562. Filed Nov. 21.

The estate of Mariola Przybyszewska, et al. Filed by Weichert Financial Services. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $252,000 affecting property located at 416 Benedict Ave., Unit 416-1J, Tarrytown 10591. Filed Nov. 20.

Velasquez, Belisario, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $392,850 affecting property located at 25 Sylvan Place, New Rochelle 10801. Filed Nov. 17.

Ward, William D., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 5 S. Bedford Road, Chappaqua 10514. Filed Nov. 20.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Avvocato, Glroia P., et al, as owner. $3,503 as claimed by Carmine Calandrello Mason Contractors, Ossining. Property: in New Rochelle.

Filed Jan. 22.

Moss, Cristofer, as owner. $13,000 as claimed by Alcino Meireles, Ossining. Property: in New Rochelle.

Filed Jan. 22.

One Point St Inc., as owner. $56,261 as claimed by PS and S Engineering PC. Property: in Yonkers.

Filed Jan. 22.

One Point St Inc., as owner. $56,261 as claimed by PS and S Engineering PC. Property: in Yonkers.

Filed Jan. 22.

One Point St Inc., as owner. $56,261 as claimed by PS and S Engineering PC. Property: in Yonkers.

Filed Jan. 22.

One Point St Inc., as owner. $56,262 as claimed by PS and S Engineering PC. Property: in Yonkers.

Filed Jan. 22.

Rippowam Cisqua School Inc., as owner. $481,974 as claimed by Perrygreen Ltd. Property: in Bedford. Filed Jan. 22.

Rudeth Realty LLC, as owner. $12,300 as claimed by Solco Plumbing Supply Inc., Brooklyn. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed Jan. 22.

RXR Soyo Exalta Owners LLC, as owner. $15,953 as claimed by US Crane and Rigging LLC. Property: in Yonkers. Filed Jan. 17.

Zaidi, Arshad, as owner. $8,210 as claimed by Masterworks Builders Inc., New Rochelle. Property: in Pelham. Filed Jan. 18.

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

Doing Business As Bango Park Inc., d.b.a. Bango Bowls, 16 Harwood Court, Scarsdale 10583. Filed Oct. 11.

C and D Marbourne Construction Corp., d.b.a. C and D Marchese Construction, 505 West St., Harrison 10528. Filed Oct. 11.

DV Consulting Inc., d.b.a M3dfilm, 114 Potter Road, Scarsdale 10583. Filed Oct. 11.

Eclipse Hair Studio Inc., d.b.a.

Danielle David Salon, 6 Cameron Place, Tuckahoe 10707. Filed Oct. 11.

Eric C. Rubinfeld OD P.C., d.b.a.

Westchester Eyes, 598 Tuckahoe Road, 1B, Yonkers 10710. Filed Oct. 11.

Joey’s Elder Paws Rescue Inc., d.b.a. H.E.A.L. Sanctuary, 521 Wynnewood Road, Pelham Manor 10803. Filed Oct. 11.

M and C Italian Restaurant Inc., d.b.a. Angelo’s Ristorante, 130 W. Post Road, White Plains 10606.

Filed Oct. 11.

Naderman Land Planning and Engineering P.C., d.b.a. Naderman Land, 1 Deans Bridge Road, Somers 10589. Filed Oct. 11.

Sunburst Shutters Robert T. Gold DDS PC, d.b.a. Smiles on Hudson, 2018 Albany Post Road, Croton-on-Hudson 10526. Filed Oct. 11.

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PARTNERSHIPS Kids Book Outlet, 100 Hickory Lane, Bedford 10506, c/o Christina Fleur and Abbott Fleur. Filed Oct. 11.

Lulgjuraj Funding Associates, 350 Read Ave., Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Pashko Lulgjuraj and Nuo Lulgjurag. Filed Oct. 11.

Unilauran, 122 Villa St., Mount Vernon 10552, Christian Shaw and Nakeya Johnson. Filed Oct. 11.

Sole Proprietorships Edotnigma Music, 17 Dewitt Place, New Rochelle 10801, c/o David Edmond. Filed Oct. 11.

JBD Consulting, P.O. Box 1113, Yonkers 10702, c/o William Gomes.

Filed Oct. 11.

Jewelry Tours and Talks, P.O. Box 416, Waccabuc 10597, c/o Barbara Ten Holder. Filed Oct. 11.

P and P HVACR, 45 Jackson Place, White Plains 10603, c/o Patrick Chambers. Filed Oct. 11.

Shandor Express Services, 66 Main St., Unit 814, Yonkers 10701, c/o Shadrack A. Amihere. Filed Oct. 11.

Team Nigma Entertainment, 17 Dewitt Place, New Rochelle 10801, c/o David Edmond. Filed Oct. 11.

WPB Litigation Support, 4782C Boston Post Road, Pelham 10803, c/o William P. Bruckner. Filed Oct. 11.

PATENTS Cooperative task execution in instrumented roadway systems. Patent no. 9,877,088 issued to Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Somers; John E. Moore Jr., Brownsburg, Indiana; Rajeshkumar N. Singi, Marietta, Georgia; and Robert R. Wentworth, Round Rock, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Cross-domain service request placement in a software defined environment (SDE). Patent no. 9,876,713 issued to Sandeep Gopisetty, Morgan Hill, California; Ramani R. Routray, San Jose, California; Yang Song, San Jose, California; and Chung-Hao Tan, San Jose, California. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Crowd sourcing beacon-setting adjustments. Patent no. 9,877,212 issued to Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Baltimore, Maryland.; and Jeremy A. Greenberger, Raleigh, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Distributed password verification. Patent no. 9,876,783 issued to Lawrence Koved, Pleasantville; and Gelareh Taban, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

GPS suggestions based on social points of interest (POI) metadata. Patent no. 9,876,868 issued to Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Baltimore, Maryland.; and Aaron J. Quirk, Cary, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Instant message user management. Patent no. 9,876,740 issued to Christopher K. Karstens, Apex, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Managing download requests received to download files from a server. Patent no. 9,876,847 issued to Daniel A. Campbell, Longmont, Colorado; Robert R. Pryor, Lynn Haven, Florida; and John B. Simmons, Westminister, Colorado.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Managing provisioning for cloud resource allocations. Patent no. 9,876,732 issued to Corville O. Allen, Morrisville, North Carolina; and Andrew R. Freed, Cary, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Mobile device path and user association. Patent no. 9,877,153 issued to Jeremy A. Greenberger, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Zachary M. Greenberger, Raleigh, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Transmitting a hidden communication. Patent no. 9,876,765 issued to Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Baltimore, Maryland; Geetika T. Lakshmanan, Winchester, Massachusetts; and Michael Muller, Medford, Massachusetts. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Below $1 million 4KB Property Solutions LLC, Nanuet, as owner. Lender: Grand Coast Capital Fund I LLC, Quincy, Massachusetts. Property: 1486 Route 300, Newburgh. Amount: $124,000. Filed Jan. 18.

A and M Construction VIP Inc., Newburgh, as owner. Lender: County of Orange Office of Community Development, Middletown. Property: 67-75 Renwick St., Newburgh.

Amount: $45,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Annunziato, Mark, et al, Warwick, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $300,000.

Filed Jan. 18.

Brophy, Joseph E., Stony Point, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $350,200.

Filed Jan. 22.

Cover, Karen Jo, Middletown, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $162,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Melillo, Stephen, et al, as owner. Lender: Homebridge Financial Services Inc. Property: in Pawling.

Amount: $245,160. Filed Jan. 17.

St. Onge, Albert, et al, as owner.

Lender: Salisbury Bank and Trust Co. Property: in Dover. Amount: $300,000. Filed Jan. 12.

DEEDS Above $1 million 300 Westage LLC, Wappinger Falls. Seller: Samson Westage LLC, Rego Park. Property: 300 Westage Business Center Drive, Fishkill.

Amount: $8.2 million. Filed Jan. 17.

Acres Point LLC, Monroe. Seller: Acres Holding LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 182 Acres Road, Monroe 10950.

Amount: $17 million. Filed Jan. 18.

Krishna Enterprise LLC, New Windsor. Seller: 327 Windsor Highway LLC, Middletown. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $1.1 million.

Filed Jan. 22.

Silo Six LLC, New York City. Seller: Stoneleaf Lot Venture LLC, Amenia.

Property: Wood Duck Circle, Amenia 12501. Amount: $2.4 million.

Filed Jan. 17.

SR Club Meadow Ventures II LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona. Seller: Silo Ridge Ventures Property A LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $2.2 million.

Filed Jan. 11.

Yamm LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Corbin Hill LLC, Fort Montgomery.

Property: in Highlands. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Jan. 17.

Below $1 million 21st Mortgage Corp. Seller: Mark Cambareri, Pine Bush. Property: 12 Parks Woods Drive, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Amount: $646,250. Filed Jan. 19.

32 Trail LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Keybank N.A. Property: 32 Hillside Trail, Blooming Grove 10950. Amount: $39,900. Filed Jan. 17.

4KB Property Solutions LLC, Nanuet. Seller: Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 1486 Route 300, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $85,500.

Filed Jan. 18.

61 Liberty Street LLC, Larchmont. Seller: Richard Lombardo, Jeffersonville. Property: 61 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $190,000. Filed Jan. 19.

67-75 Renwick LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: A and M Construction V.I.P. Inc., Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $720,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Acres Point LLC, Monsey. Seller: B and B Prime Property Management Inc., Monroe. Property: 182 Acres Road, Unit 021. Monroe. Amount: $960,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Al Twal LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Michele Marte-Indzonka, Newburgh. Property: 110 New Hackensack Road, Wappingers Falls 12590.

Amount: $81,500. Filed Jan. 12.

Arlington TSFL LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Toll Land VI LP, Horsham, Pennsylvania. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $900,000. Filed Jan. 11.

B and B Prime Property Management Inc., Monroe. Seller: Acres Holding LLC, Brooklyn.

Property: 182 Acres Road, Unit 201, Monroe 10950. Amount: $950,000.

Filed Jan. 18.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: John F. Cocola, Holmes. Property: 78 West St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $169,680. Filed Jan. 19.

Barn-Cider LLC, Warwick. Seller: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: 1368 Kings Highway, Chester 10918. Amount: $400,000.

Filed Jan. 19.

Beyond 188 Pike Property LLC, Port Jervis. Seller: 188 Pike Holdings LLC, Warwick. Property: 188192 Pike St., Port Jervis. Amount: $34,000. Filed Jan. 18.

BGRS LLC, Burr Ridge, Illinois.

Seller: Sun Oo Kim, et al, Hopewell Junction. Property: 42 Guinness Way, Hopewell Junction 12533.

Amount: $431,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Butcher Block LLC, Goshen. Seller: Qualamar Corp., New Windsor.

Property: 29 and 31 Walker St., Goshen 10924. Amount: $50,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Caliber Home Loans Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Seller: Jason P. Sautter, Unionville. Property: 257 Lake Road, Salisbury Mills 12577.

Amount: $294,304. Filed Jan. 16.

Carraine Holding Corp., Stormville. Seller: Charles E. Stewart III, Pawling. Property: 14 Coon Den Road, Hopewell Junction 12533.

Amount: $240,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 11 Main St., Highland Falls. Amount: $700,000. Filed Jan. 16.

CR and LWG LLC, Highland Mills.

Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 2 E. Stone St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $76,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Deerpark Partners LLC, Port Jervis. Seller: Albert Johnson, et al, Milford, Pennsylvania. Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $165,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Gerard J. Pisanelli, Poughkeepsie. Property: 42 W. Old Farm Road, Hopewell Junction 12533.

Amount: $399,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Dupar Realty, Pleasantville. Seller: City of Newburgh. Property: 15 Sequestered Road, Newburgh.

Amount: $15,760. Filed Jan. 22.

FCBJ

WCBJ

Dupar Realty, Pleasantville. Seller: City of Newburgh. Property: 15 Sequestered Road, Newburgh.

Amount: $8,070. Filed Jan. 22.

Electric Window LLC, Beacon.

Seller: Brian Higley, et al, Beacon.

Property: in Beacon. Amount: $499,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Robert Hunter, South Fallsburg. Property: 446 Route 32, Wallkill 12589. Amount: $235,189.

Filed Jan. 19.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: David Gubits, Walden. Property: 42-44 Heidt Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $350,989. Filed Jan. 19.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Mark Starkman, Goshen. Property: 23 Wildwood Ridge, Fort Montgomery 10922.

Amount: $121,429. Filed Jan. 22.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Mary P. Gunter, Ellenville. Property: 96 Edinburgh Road, Middletown 10941. Amount: $264,426. Filed Jan. 16.

Fifth Third Mortgage Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Seller: Nicole A. Greenwald, New City. Property: 83 Prospect Ave., Goshen 10924. Amount: $234,718. Filed Jan. 22.

Hamilton Court LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Elma Bennett, Hyde Park. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $150,000. Filed Jan. 16.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Eric D. Ossentjuk, Newburgh. Property: 404 Arbor Lane, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $342,376. Filed Jan. 16.

Hudson Harbor Holdings LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Louis P. Pedatella, Hopewell Junction.

Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $310,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Icon Homes of the Hudson Valley LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Carol Fox, New Windsor. Property: 268 Lake Road, New Windsor 12553.

Amount: $60,000. Filed Jan. 19.

JonCar Realty Inc., Beacon. Seller: George J. Powell, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $60,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Kerosiki Property Management Corp., Arverne. Seller: R and R Ares Upstate LLC, Astoria. Property: 82 William St., Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $100,000. Filed Jan. 16.

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Facts & Figures Keybank N.A. Seller: Paula Colacchio, Newburgh. Property: 22 Gardner St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $126,473. Filed Jan. 19.

Properties of Blooming Grove LLC, Central Valley. Seller: Alma J. Murcia-Mackin, Monroe. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $455,000. Filed Jan. 16.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Mark Starkman, Highland Mills. Property: 7 Flamingo Drive, Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $400,142. Filed Jan. 17.

RR1 LLC, Monsey. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 14 Avenue C., Middletown 10940.

Amount: $74,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Roland A. Bloomer, Newburgh.

Property: 2 Hillside Road, Sterling Forest 10979. Amount: $197,86. Filed Jan. 19.

Sharecroppers 178 LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Property: 178 Washington St., Newburgh.

Amount: $95,000. Filed Jan. 18.

WF Master REO LLC, New York City. Seller: Jennifer Schoengold, Clinton Corners. Property: 15 C Carnaby St., Wappinger 12590.

Amount: $174,000. Filed Jan. 12.

Millbrook PLF LLC, Clinton Corners. Seller: Heaton and Ouellette LLC, Millbrook. Property: in Washington. Amount: $420,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Solexus LLC, New Paltz. Seller: County of Orange, Goshen. Property: in Chester. Amount: $75,000.

Filed Jan. 16.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: David G. Ferenz, Poughkeepsie. Property: 8508 Chelsea Cove North, Hopewell Junction.

Amount: $100,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Mortgage Equity Conversion Asset Trust 2011-1. Seller: Bruce D. Townsend, Walden. Property: 9 Westwood Drive, Walden 12586.

Amount: $290,182. Filed Jan. 19.

Swamp Creek Realty LLC, Millbrook. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $106,000. Filed Jan. 16.

MSY Partners LLC, Bethpage.

Seller: Jo Ann Clayton, et al, New Windsor. Property: 364 Washington St., Newburgh. Amount: $125,000. Filed Jan. 19.

The Bank of New York Mellon.

Seller: Martin Zolotar, Goshen.

Property: 19 Echo Valley, Huguenot 12746. Amount: $368,863. Filed Jan. 18.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Laurence A. Clemente, Goshen. Property: 100-102 California Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $443,779.

Filed Jan. 22.

The Fortitude Group Partners LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 12 Ash Lane, Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $88,500.

Filed Jan. 16.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Ralph Louis Puglielle, New Windsor. Property: 72 Skyline Drive, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $144,009. Filed Jan. 22.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Frank D. Lombardi, Mahopac. Property: 1107 Chelsea Cove South, Hopewell Junction 12533. Amount: $340,500.

Filed Jan. 18.

New York American Water Company Inc., Merrick. Seller: Phyllis Silvers, Saugerties. Property: in Mount Hope. Amount: $21,930.

Filed Jan. 22.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Frank Lombardi, Mahopac. Property: 26 Route 51, Campbell Hall 10916. Amount: $572,673. Filed Jan. 16.

LAN Properties LLC, Montgomery. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 194 Pleasant Ave., Montgomery 12549. Amount: $92,000. Filed Jan. 16.

M&T Bank, Buffalo. Seller: Thomas Dore II, et al, Middletown. Property: 59 Pine Court, Middletown 10941.

Amount: $173,000. Filed Jan. 19.

New York American Water Company Inc., Merrick. Seller: Phyllis Silvers, Saugerties. Property: in Mount Hope. Amount: $2,500.

Filed Jan. 22.

NRZ REO VI Corp. Seller: Rachel F. Frost, Fishkill. Property: 5105 Route 82, Salt Point 12578. Amount: $678,500. Filed Jan. 11.

PennyMac Loan Services LLC, Moorpark, California. Seller: Todd A. Kelson, New Windsor. Property: 4 Park Row, Middletown 10941.

Amount: $124,532. Filed Jan. 22.

PennyMac Loan Services LLC, Westlake Village, California. Seller: Craig Wallace, Poughkeepsie. Property: 49 Circle Hill Road, Poughquag 12570. Amount: $231,500. Filed Jan. 12.

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U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: George Lithco, Walden. Property: 19 Briarcliff Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $415,000. Filed Jan. 18.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Juliano LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 15 Rabbit Trail Road, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Amount: $731,000. Filed Jan. 18.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Alan L. Joseph, Goshen. Property: 3 Ted Miller Drive, Maybrook 12543.

Amount: $434,910. Filed Jan. 19.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Benjamin A. Greenwald, New Windsor.

Property: 6 Cart Road, Dover Plains 12522. Amount: $481,500. Filed Jan. 18.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Mark Starkman, Goshen. Property: 5 South Way, Walden 12586. Amount: $475,592. Filed Jan. 22.

FCBJ

WCBJ

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Edward T. McCormack, Fishkill. Property: 5 Mahar Drive, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $155,000. Filed Jan. 12.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Edwin Garcia, Poughkeepsie. Property: 10 Birch Hill Drive, LaGrange 12603.

Amount: $260,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Winchester Corner LLC, Monroe. Seller: Robert Charleston, et al, Monroe. Property: 80 Winchester Drive, Monroe 10950. Amount: $374,900. Filed Jan. 22.

JUDGMENTS

Bekirov Construction Corp., Campbell Hall. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Middletown Nephrology PLLC, Middletown. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

C Coppola Agency Inc., Montgomery. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Mulberry Tree Center LLC, Warwick. $2,329 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Careline Medical LLC, Monroe. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Northeast REO Field Services Corp., Pine Bush. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Construction Land Inc., Chester. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Crunch Time Fitness and Dance LLC, Newburgh. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

DNA Plumbing and Heating Inc., Middletown. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Drip Drop Inc., Chester. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 3.

A-1 Clean Up, Port Jervis. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 3.

El Tumi Inc., Newburgh. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 3.

ABC Construction Services Corp., Monroe. $1,344 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Gemini Tech Holdings Inc., Port Jervis. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Accu-Controls Technology LLC, Monroe. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

All Type Towing and Repairs Inc., Newburgh. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Apfire of NY Inc., Newburgh. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

JJM Drywall, Newburgh. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 3.

La Mexicana Deli Inc., Middletown. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Lubrecht and Cramer Ltd., Montgomery. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Regal Nails, Middletown. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 3.

Renovation and Landscape, Newburgh. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Rey Del Pollo IV Inc., Newburgh. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Slate Hill Apple Orchards Partners LLC, Slate Hill. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Soho Pong LLC, Walden. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 3.

The Green Janitor Orange County, Cuddebackville. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

TNT Green Energy Solutions, Monroe. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Tri State Module Inc., Chester. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

Zekharyahu Chasdekh LLC, Pine Bush. $1,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 3.

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

Acevedo, Michael, et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 289 First St., Newburgh 12550.

Filed Nov. 30.

Ayala, Luis, et al. Filed by Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $324,022 affecting property located at 3 Red Bird Drive, Monroe 10950.

Filed Nov. 28.

Barker, Michael, et al. Filed by Santander Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $302,400 affecting property located at 31 Birch Drive, Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed Jan. 11.

Big Z Holdings LLC, et al. Filed by James M. Delaney. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $345,000 affecting property located at 900 Highway 6, Greenville.

Filed Dec. 3.

Bolger, Staci E., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 38 Madison St., Walden 12586. Filed Dec. 1.

Booth, Alice R., et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $96,793 affecting property located at 9 Alpine Drive, Apt. F, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Jan. 11.

Burrell, Karim, et al. Filed by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2006-IM1. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $297,600 affecting property located at 56 Edgehill Drive, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Jan. 9.

Cancel, Joseph M., et al. Filed

by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $230,000 affecting property located at 16 Vandidoort Drive, Fishkill 12524. Filed Jan. 5.

Conroy, Sean, et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $126,000 affecting property located at 218 Fullerton Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed Nov. 29.

Facts & Figures Corrao, Gordon, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $399,000 affecting property located at 4 Friendly Way, Stormville 12582. Filed Jan. 4.

Harrell, Thelma, et al. Filed

by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $149,380 affecting property located at 16 Maryland Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603.

Filed Jan. 5.

Levy, Gabriel E., et al. Filed by Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $188,685 affecting property located at 108 Hooker Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Jan. 16.

Lopusnak, Karen M., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $52,400 affecting property located at 60 Greycourt Ave., Chester 10918. Filed Nov. 30.

Crowley, Thomas J., et al. Filed

by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $215,426 affecting property located at 9 Ronsue Drive, Wappinger Falls 12590.

Filed Jan. 5.

Hoang, Hung P., 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 19 Hunter St., Highland Mills 10930. Filed Nov. 29.

Demaio, Victoria M., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $515,610 affecting property located at 7 Newhard Place, East Fishkill 12533. Filed Jan. 12.

Hyer, Patricia L., et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $177,625 affecting property located at 22 The Rise, unit 126, Warwick 10990. Filed Dec. 1.

Macconel, Deborah A., et al.

Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $184,500 affecting property located at 33 Spring St., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed Jan. 11.

Devita, Biagio, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $395,590 affecting property located at 19 Alloway Crest, Highland Mills 10930. Filed Dec. 4.

James, Lynda, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $244,357 affecting property located at 9 Morton Place, Amenia 12501. Filed Jan. 8.

Magee, Brin, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located at 217 Browns Pond, Staatsburg 12580. Filed Jan. 5.

Francis, Cleveland, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 148 Country Club Drive, Florida 10921. Filed Dec. 5.

Jimenez, Jose A., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $316,850 affecting property located at 125 Old Mill Road, Wallkill 12589. Filed Dec. 4.

Mainhill and Company LLC, et al. Filed by 329 Windsor Highway LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located in New Windsor. Filed Dec. 1.

Jimenez, Larry M., et al. Filed

by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $215,033 affecting property located at 2805 Route 94, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Dec. 1.

Mainhill and Company LLC, et al. Filed by 329 Windsor Highway LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located in New Windsor. Filed Dec. 1.

Kaluczky, Scott, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $88,000 affecting property located at 4 Chads Ford Lane, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 5.

Marder, Yuri, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $258,000 affecting property located at 84 Ridge Road, Minisink 10998. Filed Nov. 30.

Kohler, John A., et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 73 Beekman Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Jan. 16.

McFarlane, Bruce, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $575,000 affecting property located at 7 Clemence Drive, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518.

Filed Dec. 5.

Kuo, Hsiu-Mei, et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $127,645 affecting property located at 6 Sandburg Court, Middletown 10941. Filed Nov. 28.

McKnight, Emma, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $271,800 affecting property located at 164 Pinebrook Drive, Hyde Park 12538. Filed Jan. 12.

Franklin, Michael W., et al. Filed

by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $118,800 affecting property located at 234 Wallkill Road, Walden 12586. Filed Nov. 28.

Freeman, Kenneth, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $348,000 affecting property located at 11 Cliff Road, Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Nov. 29.

Gaul, Alan L., et al. Filed by New Penn Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 511 Grand Ave., Newburgh 12550.

Filed Nov. 28.

Gazivoda, Deda, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $420,000 affecting property located at 328 Waterbury Hill Road, LaGrange 12540. Filed Jan. 5.

Gloster, William E., et al. Filed by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting property located at 554 Old Mountain Road, Otisville 10963. Filed Dec. 5.

Hanson, Robert N., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $108,000 affecting property located at 21 Coll Hollow Road, Hyde Park 12538. Filed Jan. 17.

Levin, Christopher, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $185,968 affecting property located at 7 Baris Lane, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Jan. 9.

Mege, Ronald, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $169,600 affecting property located at 9 James Court, Port Jervis 12771. Filed Dec. 5.

Miranda, Edgardo, et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 6 Tanager Road, Monroe 10950.

Filed Dec. 5.

Mitton, John M. Jr., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 9 Bainbridge Place, Building 5, Unit 502, Newburgh 12550. Filed Nov. 30.

Montanino, Michael W. Jr., et al.

Filed by TD Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $45,000 affecting property located at 2 Rymph Blvd., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Jan. 4.

Moss, Richard A., et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,584 affecting property located at 63 Surrey Road, Chester 10918. Filed Nov. 29.

Norton, John P., et al. Filed by Citizens Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $258,000 affecting property located at 34 Maurerbrook Drive, Fishkill 12524. Filed Jan. 17.

Pavlovic, Stephen J. III, et al.

Filed by MB Financial Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,834 affecting property located at 56 Luty Drive, Hyde Park 12538. Filed Jan. 11.

Petrik, Jeffrey, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,800 affecting property located at 30 Mountain Pass, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Jan. 12.

Reid, Jermaine, et al. Filed by Primelending. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,980 affecting property located at 30 Thornwood Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Jan. 9.

Reyes, Percy, et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 21 Meadow St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Nov. 28.

Rowland, Pamela W., et al.

Filed by New Penn Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 13 Rosecrest Court, Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 5.

RPG Development Inc., et al.

Filed by Salisbury Bank and Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $700,000 affecting property located at 60306036 Route 82, Stanford. Filed Jan. 16.

Saintil, Herold, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $207,264 affecting property located at 3 Nancy Lane, Newburgh 12550.

Filed Nov. 30.

Scherman, Rob E., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $42,299 affecting property located at 20 First St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Nov. 28.

Schiller, Anne, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $253,650 affecting property located at 122 Cooper St., Monroe 10950. Filed Dec. 1.

Shackleford, Willie, et al. Filed

by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $226,279 affecting property located at 15 Whiteford Drive, Pleasant Valley 12569.

Filed Jan. 12.

Sullivan, James J., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 24 Under Mountain Road, Amenia 12592. Filed Jan. 12.

Sullivan, James J., et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 83 Hurds Corners Road, Pawling 12564. Filed Jan. 5.

Summer, Louis J. Jr., et al. Filed

by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $145,000 affecting property located at 3 Gloria Drive, Staatsburg 12580. Filed Jan. 8.

Tewey, Martin A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $116,000 affecting property located at 1 Peter Drive, Wappinger Falls 12590. Filed Jan. 5.

Thomas, Eileen, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $283,575 affecting property located at 17 Old Hemlock Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed Dec. 5.

Vargas, Gladys, et al. Filed by New Penn Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 317 Myers Corners Road, No.R, Wappinger Falls 12590. Filed Jan. 9.

Russell, Richard A., et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $181,531 affecting property located at 189 N. Plank Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed Nov. 29.

FCBJ

WCBJ

Wanzer, Keith, as heir and distributee of the estate of Fred C. Wanzer, et al. Filed by CIT Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,000 affecting property located at 76 Poplar St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Nov. 28.

Ward, Jason C., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $244,867 affecting property located at 2 Bainbridge Place, Building 13, Unit 1304, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 4.

Williams, Leah A., et al. Filed by PennyMac Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $275,134 affecting property located at 34 Fieldstone Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Nov. 28.

Williams, Tashina, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $289,750 affecting property located at 202 Everett Place Maybrook 12543. Filed Dec. 4.

Zemski, Michael P., et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located in Cuddebackville. Filed Dec. 1.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Cobar LLC, as owner. $48,433 as claimed by Terwisscha Construction Inc., Willmar, Minnesotta.

Property: 44 Saint Nicholas Road, Wappinger. Filed Jan. 22.

CPV Valley LLC, as owner. $110,353 as claimed by Park Avenue Building and Roofing Supplies LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 3330 Route No. 6, Middletown. Filed Jan. 16.

Matrix Newburgh I LLC, as owner. $11.9 million as claimed by Dobrinski Brothers Inc., Falls, Pennsylvania. Property: 108 Route 17K, Newburgh. Filed Jan. 22.

Meir, Baruch, et al, as owner. $2,695 as claimed by Ciro Interrante Architect PC. Property: 559 Lake Road, Pine Plains. Filed Jan. 18.

SP Jackson Pond LLC, as owner. $291,191 as claimed by Sun Up Enterprises Inc., Wappingers Falls.

Property: 30 Cottage Drive, East Fishkill. Filed Jan. 18.

Strategic Realty Fund LLC, as owner. $17,200 as claimed by Lithos Construction, Rhinebeck. Property: 22 Rymph Blvd., Hyde Park. Filed Jan. 19.

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

Partnerships A Lo Paisa Pues Deli, 741-3 Route 211, Middletown 10941, c/o Ximena Maria Herrera Echeverry and John Jaime Gallego Bustamante. Filed May 23.

BWG Partnership, 151 Acres Road, Unit 301, Monroe 10950, c/o Benjamin Silberstein and Gitty Silberstein. Filed May 30.

Maddog’s Music Lab, 555 Rock Cut Road, Walden 12586, c/o Ronald R. Pucino and Kim D. Porcaro. Filed June 1.

Munch and Crunch Deli, 183 W. Main St., Port Jervis, c/o Barbara G. DeGraw and Michelle M. Flood.

Filed May 17.

Sole Proprietorships

Cool Water Travel, 37 West St., Highland Falls 10928, c/o Dydman M. Whitney. Filed May 30.

JC Windows, 100 Mearns Ave., Highland Falls 10928, c/o James George Carter. Filed May 16.

Mass Panda, 3 Sylcox Road, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518, c/o Jiong Wu. Filed May 23.

Ritzfit, 712 Silver Lake Scotchtown Road, Middletown 10941, c/o Saritza T. St. Thomas. Filed May 16.

3D Building and Remodeling, 1 Spruce Drive, Highland Mills, c/o Scott C. Danielson. Filed May 24.

Debonair Events, 4023 Thomas Paine Way, New Windsor 12553, c/o Jasmine Janie Ivy. Filed May 22.

JK Craft Corner, 8 Sweezy Ave., Highland Falls 10928, c/o Jessica Lee Kelley. Filed June 1.

MD Cultural Competency, 43 Scott Drive, Middletown 10941, c/o Marci Daniel. Filed June 2.

Scarborough Fields Greenhouses, 2741 Albany Post Road, Montgomery 12549, c/o Sydney A. Anthonisen. Filed May 23.

A and E Advertising and Web Design, 209 Glenmere Road, Chester 10918, c/o Aida I. Guzman. Filed May 23.

Diana’s Cleaning Service, 1874 Goshen Turnpike, Middletown 10941, c/o Serojnie Diana Girdharry.

Filed May 30.

Joel Enterprises, 202 Knollcrest Lane, Chester 10918, c/o Joel Pouloute. Filed May 30.

MD Hoyt Logistics, 230 Little Britain Road, New Windsor 12553, c/o Marlon D. Hoyt. Filed May 19.

Abby’s Shabby Chic Creations, 63 Clinton St., Montgomery, c/o Abigail J. Toner. Filed May 19.

Easy Maintenance, 6 Cimorelli Drive, New Windsor 12553, c/o Esteban Castillo. Filed May 17.

Jukebox Digital, 140 Harold Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518, c/o Julia McGuire. Filed June 1.

Mitchell Contracting, 10 Iris Road, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518, c/o Glen T. Mitchell. Filed May 26.

Adorable Together, 1303 Union Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Cynthia D. Patton. Filed May 23.

Goodrich Improvements, 3 Snider Ave., Walden, c/o Jeffrey Alan Goodrich. Filed May 17.

K’ Bello Hair Studio, 633 Gindey Ave., Suite 1, Newburgh, c/o Bernarda Adames. Filed June 2.

MTBetter Ride and Guide, 35 Neelytown Road, Campbell Hall 10916, c/o Brian Allen Sanchez. Filed May 17.

Ally Investigations, 18 Square Hill Road, No. 80, New Windsor, c/o Guy Gonzalez. Filed May 17.

Hands on Carpentry, 7 Marly Lane, Middletown 10941, c/o Phillip Louis Vazquez. Filed May 24.

American Repurposing, 6 Berme Road, Port Jervis, c/o Brian R. Clark. Filed May 30.

Honeybee Arts, 18 Clinton Drive, Washingtonville 10992, c/o Avilda R. Whitmore. Filed May 23.

La Case de Tortas y Tacos, 278 Washington St., Newburgh, c/o Eduardo Mejia. Filed May 22.

Living Rock Custom Shower Door, 45 Enterprise Place, Middletown, c/o Juan D. Mesa. Filed May 22.

My Sister’s Keeper Women’s Ministry, 98 Cottage St., Middletown 10940, c/o Yolanda King. Filed May 19.

Seamus O’Shea H.V.A.C. and Plumbing, 21 E. Crossman Ave., Monroe 10950, c/o James Liam O’Shea. Filed May 30.

Sun and Moon Yoga, 47 Paffendorf Drive, Newburgh 12550, c/o Michelle Weston. Filed May 30.

Tonya Michelle Photography, 672 Oakland Valley Road, Cuddebackville 12729, c/o Tonya M. Ward.

Filed May 30.

Urban 2 Suburban Design, 9 Lipani Road, Cornwall-on-Hudson, c/o Jessica Perez. Filed June 1.

New York Veterinary Acupuncture Service, 35 Neelytown Road, Campbell Hall, c/o Lindsey Ann Harris. Filed May 17.

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Facts & Figures ATTACHMENTSRELEASED Morelli, Louis L., Trumbull. Released by Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP. $28,826 in favor of Noroton Company LLC, Stamford.

Property: 119 Pinewood Trail, Trumbull. Filed Jan. 2.

BUILDING PERMITS COMMERCIAL 500 Federal Road LLC, contractor for self. Demolish the interior of an existing commercial space at 500 Federal Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $500. Filed Dec. 11.

A Pappajohn Co., Norwalk, contractor for self. Perform alterations to an existing commercial space at 40 Danbury Road, Wilton. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Adams & Ruxton Co Inc., contractor for S&W Brookfield LLC. Convert a drive-through into an ATM at 104 Federal Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $58,000. Filed Dec. 28.

Alden Bailey Restoration Corp., Ridgefield, contractor for First Presbyterian Church. Add a roof onto an existing commercial space at 178 Oenoke Road, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $350,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Chicken Farm LLC, Brookfield, contractor for self. Add a sign to the exterior of an existing commercial space at 328 Federal Road, Brookfield. Cost undisclosed. Filed Dec. 5.

City of Norwalk, contractor for self. Replace the floating dock on an existing commercial space at 10 Seaview Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $800,000. Filed Jan. 12.

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Courville, Richard, Norwalk, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out to an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 224 Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000.

Filed Jan. 10.

Francois, Kervin, Danbury, contractor for the city of Danbury. Add equipment to the property of an existing commercial space at 164 Main St., Danbury. Cost undisclosed.

Filed Dec. 28.

Germain Construction LLC, contractor for Brookfield VLG Res LLP. Perform an interior fit-up in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 800 Federal Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $55,000.

Filed Dec. 12.

King Hiram No. 12 Temple Associates, Shelton, contractor for self. Remodel the bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 419 Coram Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Dec. 26.

LLT101LLC, Brookfield, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-up in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 101 Commerce Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $24,500.

Filed Dec. 12.

Roche Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for Park Norwalk II LLC. Perform alterations to an existing commercial space at 1 Cannondale Way, Wilton.

Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Jan. 5.

RPTC LLC, Orange, contractor for Wilton YMCA Inc. Perform alterations to an existing commercial space at 404 Danbury Road, Wilton.

Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Shuffelt, William, contractor for Athletic Brewing Co. Perform an interior fit-up in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 350 Long Beach Blvd., Stratford. Estimated cost: $475,850. Filed Dec. 18.

Sun Equity Partners, Shelton, contractor for self. Repair the roof on the commercial building at 710 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $275,000. Filed Dec. 26.

Turner Construction Co., Milford, contractor for Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association.

Perform alterations to an existing commercial space at 20 Westport Road, Wilton. Estimated cost: $27,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Wiehl Associates LLC, Fairfield, contractor for Sunnie Daes. Remodel the façade and replace the storefront window in an existing commercial space at 808 Post Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $35,000.

Filed Jan. 5.

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RESIDENTIAL 470 Howe Ave LLC, Shelton, contractor for self. Build four apartments in a hallway in an existing single-family residence at 470 Howe Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $90,000. Filed Dec. 27.

A&M Building and Land LLC, Shelton, contractor for self. Install an elevator in an existing single-family residence at 500 River Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Dec. 29.

A. W. Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Frank E. Grzelecki. Renovate the basement bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 205 Main St., New Canaan. Estimated cost: $18,000.

Filed Jan. 8.

Academy Design & Construction LLC, Brookfield, contractor for Heller. Finish the garage and generator in an existing single-family residence at 19 Cove Road, Brookfield.

Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Dec. 13.

Antonio, Esteves, Shelton, contractor for self. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 109 Ripton Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $24,360. Filed Dec. 26.

Artisans Maker Fine Homes Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Pamela L. Spellane. Remodel three bathrooms, kitchen and replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 205 Main St., New Canaan. Estimated cost: $124,000.

Filed Jan. 5.

Blue Line Construction Inc., Stamford, contractor for Sean P. Hurley and Katharine Ashforth.

Remodel the kitchen, foyer, laundry, fireplace, chimney and mudroom in an existing single-family residence at 11 Parish Lane, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $200,000.

Filed Dec. 29.

BPC Green Builders LLC, Wilton, contractor for Suzanne H. McCabe and Matthew E. Bolgar. Add a bedroom and bathroom to an existing single-family residence at 129 Harrison Ave., New Canaan. Estimated cost: $16,670. Filed Dec. 27.

Buckhorn Crossing II LLC, contractor for Dunkin Donuts. Remodel the interior of an existing single-family residence at 198 Leavenworth Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Cabrera, Walter, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Remodel the kitchen and bathroom in an existing single-family residence and replace the windows at 134 Springdale St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000.

Filed Dec. 28.

Caetano Construction LLC, Brookfield, contractor for Rosen.

Add a front porch to an existing single-family residence at 6 Longview Drive, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $6,500. Filed Dec. 7.

Campos Carpentry, Norwalk, contractor for Cecilia P. McCall and Greg J. McCall. Renovate the storage area, bedroom, closet and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 8 Tommy’s Lane, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $120,000.

Filed Jan. 3.

Cappuccia, Nicardro, Norwalk, contractor for self. Create a firstfloor apartment within the existing office space at 169 Rowayton Woods Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Casanova Remodeling, Brookfield, contractor for Hertell. Replace the deck attached to an existing single-family residence at 51 Huckleberry Hill Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $285,999. Filed Dec. 5.

Clark Construction of Ridgefield Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for Nelson Ronald. Remodel the existing hall bathroom within an extra space at 73 Nutmeg Drive, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $20,932.

Filed Jan. 5.

Connecticut Basement Systems Inc., Seymour, contractor for Abbe L. Walter and Brian T. Walter. Finish the basement and gym in an existing single-family residence at 61 Woods End Road, New Canaan.

Estimated cost: $120,868. Filed Dec. 29.

Connecticut Valley Homes of East Lyme Inc., East Lyme, contractor for William Michael Short.

Construct an addition with a family room, full bathroom and kitchen at 42 Overlook Drive, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $257,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Craig Hughes Carpentry LLC, Danbury, contractor for Norman P. Borkowski. Perform minor renovations in an existing single-family residence at 192 Drum Hill Road, Wilton. Estimated cost: $25,000.

Filed Dec. 21.

Derosa Builders LLC, Greenwich, contractor for Jeffrey Boulanger. Remodel the kitchen, mudroom, bathroom, laundry room and roof on an existing single-family residence at 23 Kelley Green, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $300,000. Filed Jan. 3.

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Digeus Building Contractor LLC, Stamford, contractor for Alan R. McClymonds and Sharon F. McClymonds. Renovate the kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 281 W. Hills Road, New Canaan.

Estimated cost: $26,500. Filed Dec. 22.

DiMatio, Shelton, contractor for self. Replace the exits and entrance packs on an existing single-family residence at 79 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $5,000.

Filed Dec. 22.

Dinozzi, Robert, Ridgefield, contractor for self. Renovate the mudroom, family room and half bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 31 Waters Edge Way, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $3,000.

Filed Jan. 8.

Felton, Brookfield, contractor for self. Finish the basement in an existing single-family residence at 22 Longview Drive, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Dec. 11.

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Fesh, James, Brookfield, contractor for Emerson. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 31 Flax Hill Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Dec. 13.

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Francois, Thierry, Norwalk, contractor for self. Install an in-ground swimming pool in an existing single-family residence at 1 Barbara Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $38,000. Filed Jan. 10.

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Gary O’Brien Remodeling, Ansonia, contractor for Stephen Paturynski. Perform alterations to an existing single-family residence at 9 Basking Ridge Road, Wilton. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Hallas, Brookfield, contractor for self. Renovate the interior of an existing single-family residence at 10 Dingle Brook Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Dec. 11.

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Howard, Warren, Wilton, contractor for self. Perform alterations to an existing single-family residence at 214 Millstone Road, Wilton.

Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Hutter, Donna C. and Paul E. Hutter, Fairfield, contractor for self.

Enclose a deck to make a three-season porch on the property of an existing single-family residence at 351 Old Stratfield Road, Fairfield.

Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Key Development LLC, Shelton, contractor for self. Add a master bedroom, bathroom and garage to an existing single-family residence at 69 Pearmain Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed Dec. 22.

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Facts & Figures Komenda, William E., et al., contractor for self. Replace the wall between the kitchen and dining room at 449 Woodridge Ave., Fairfield.

Estimated cost: $2,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Kydes, John, Stratford, contractor for self. Remove the illegal thirdfloor apartment at 444 Huntington Road, Stratford. Estimated cost: $4,200. Filed Dec. 21.

Lifeway Mobility, Hartford, contractor for Maxine Murray. Install two vertical platform lifts in an existing single-family residence at 400 William St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed Dec. 29.

Mingione, Michael, Ridgefield, contractor for self. Repair the railing and raise above the grade at 21 Silver Spring Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $2,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Nelson Roofing & Siding Inc., Beacon Falls, New York, contractor for Gallagher. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 38 Obtuse Road South, Brookfield.

Estimated cost: $16,600. Filed Dec. 19.

Nilson, Brookfield, contractor for self. Add a bathroom to the garage in an existing single-family residence at 4 Thomsen Farm Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $13,925.

Filed Dec. 1.

Noel, Brookfield, contractor for self.

Renovate the windows on the exterior of an existing single-family residence at 3 Squire Court, Brookfield.

Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed Dec. 6.

Ospina, Edgar, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Finish the basement in an existing single-family residence at 132 Federal St., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed Dec. 27.

Power Home Remodeling Group, Chester, Pennsylvania, contractor for Adrian Espejo. Repair the vinyl siding on an existing single-family residence at 424 Light St., Stratford. Estimated cost: $19,638.

Filed Dec. 28.

Power Home Remodeling, contractor for Dege. Reroof an existing single-family residence and renovate the windows at 54 Old Bridge Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $48,276. Filed Dec. 6.

Power Home Remodeling, contractor for Radcliff. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 128 Whisconier Road, Brookfield.

Estimated cost: $21,777. Filed Dec. 19.

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R.D. Scinto, contractor for Butler Aerospace. Install wiring from a roof-mounted generator onto a side panel at 426 Walnut Tree Hill Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $10,000.

Filed Dec. 29.

Richies Roofing LLC, contractor for McKenna. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 46 Junction Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $6,200. Filed Dec. 1.

Schlesinger, Andrew R., Wilton, contractor for self. Perform minor renovations in an existing single-family residence at 70 Kensett Drive, Wilton. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Seaman Construction, Rowayton, contractor for 416 West Road LLC. Demolish an existing single-family residence at 416 West Road, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Shostak Construction LLC, contractor for Daniel C. Crevani and Taren Crevani. Pour the foundation for a one-story kitchen and living room with a front porch and rear deck at 24 Taunton Circle, Fairfield.

Estimated cost: $296,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Solis, Carlos, contractor for Angela Sharpe. Remodel the interior of an existing single-family residence at 122 Adams St., Stratford. Estimated cost: $6,020. Filed Dec. 26.

Southern N.E. Windows, contractor for Ed Finnegan. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 175 Nutmeg Lane, Stratford. Estimated cost: $6,096.

Filed Dec. 28.

Southern N.E. Windows, contractor for Barbara Moroson. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 136 W. Beach Drive, Stratford. Estimated cost: $3,508. Filed Dec. 28.

Sullivan, Christianna H., Ridgefield, contractor for Alfred Richard Nutting III. Add a brow roof over the garage door on an existing single-family residence and replace the vinyl siding at 26 Abbott Ave., Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $12,775.

Filed Jan. 5.

Tomascak, Brookfield, contractor for self. Add an in-ground pool to the property of an existing single-family residence at 31 Deer Run Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Dec. 12.

Treco Construction, Brookfield, contractor for McDonalds Real Estate Co. Renovate the interior of an existing single-family residence at 178 Federal Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $160,000. Filed Dec. 11.

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Trofa Enterprises LLC, contractor for self. Construct a new two and one-half two-story dwelling with a partially finished attic, deck, porch and parking beneath at 529 Reef Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Trofa Enterprises LLC, contractor for self. Construct a new two and one-half two-story dwelling with an attached two-car garage at 531 Reef Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Lehi, Utah, contractor for Veronica D. Plasencia. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 74 Lakeview Ave., New Canaan. Estimated cost: $26,000.

Filed Dec. 29.

Weldtek LLC, New Milford, contractor for Graber Ross Barrett.

Install a fireplace in living room in an existing single-family residence at 75 Armand Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Wesley Heights Inc., Shelton, contractor for self. Perform electrical work in a condominium complex at 580 Long Hill Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $275,000. Filed Dec. 29.

Zeiss Construction Co., Stratford, contractor for Santoliquido. Renovate the bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 16 Richards Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed Dec. 7.

COURT CASES The following court cases represent the allegations made by plaintiffs in the initial filings of civil lawsuits, and do not represent legally binding judgments made by the courts.

Bridgeport Superior Court Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed

by Talisha Upchurch, Bridgeport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Edmund Q. Collier, Milford, Trial Lawyer LLC, Milford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendants. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6070034-S. Filed Jan. 8.

Bird Rock Imports, Westport.

Filed by JF Hillebrand USA Inc., Rahway, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sugarmann & Sugarmann, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a credit account. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $7,053 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, court costs, post-judgment interest and such other relief as may be deemed appropriate by the court. Case no.

FBT-CV18-6070135-S. Filed Jan. 11.

Fixstream Networks Inc., Lane Dover, Delaware. Filed by James Trolice, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Daniel S. DiBartolomeo, Brookfield.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff pursuant to a sales commission agreement. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $45,000 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, court costs and all other relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6070110-S. Filed Jan. 10.

JJA Builders Ltd of NY, Eastchester, New York. Filed by Kitchen Consultants LLC, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Joseph P. Sargent, Fairfield.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for consulting services provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $8,935 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, pre-judgment interest, post-judgment interest and such other relief as the court deems just and equitable. Case no.

FBT-CV18-6070133-S. Filed Jan. 11.

Plaza Azteca of Newington Inc., et al., Bethel. Filed by Kleban Newington LLC, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stephan B. Grozinger, Weston. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely rental payments to the plaintiff for a lease provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $29,137 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment.

The plaintiff claims judgment, monetary damages, pre-judgment interest and such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper under equity or law. Case no.

FBT-CV18-6070059-S. Filed Jan. 9.

Riverside Park Enterprises Inc., Hartford. Filed by Veronica Lugo and Joshua Lugo, Bridgeport. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Law Office of Michael Skiber, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that they fell off a water slide on property owned by the defendant and sustained damages.

This accident allegedly occurred due to the negligence of the defendant in that it failed to insure that its water slide was in proper and functional condition and failed to erect safeguards to prevent the riders from being harmed. The plaintiffs claim monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-CV18-6070145-S. Filed Jan. 11.

WR Chaves LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Leslie Quinones, Derby. Plaintiff’s attorney: Tremont, Sheldon Robinson Mahoney PC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FBT-CV186070066-S. Filed Jan. 9.

Danbury Superior Court 40-44 MPR LLC, Ridgefield. Filed

by Paul Brown, New Milford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Alan Barry Center for Law & Justice LLC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he slipped on an icy surface owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and their employees. The plaintiff claims monetary damages and such other relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV186024799-S. Filed Jan. 10.

BLT Management LLC, et al., Stamford. Filed by Ganna Zelenetska, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that her foot became lodged in an elliptical machine owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This accident allegedly occurred due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. DBD-CV18-6024794-S. Filed Jan. 10.

Stamford Superior Court Augusta Properties Inc., et al., Darien. Filed by County Construction Inc., Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Tierney, Zullo, Flaherty & Murphy PC, Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for labor and materials provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $5,070 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims foreclosure of the mechanic’s lien, possession of the liened premises, attorney’s fees, interest, costs and such other and further equitable relief as may be required by the court. Case no. FST-CV186034632-S. Filed Jan. 10.

Kaizen Technologies Inc., Stamford. Filed by Visual Consultants Inc., New Hope, Minnesotta. Plaintiff’s attorney: Tolisano & Danforth LLC, Ellington. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for employment services provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $23,200 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, prejudgment interest, attorney’s fees, interest, costs and such other and further equitable relief as may be required by the court. Case no. FSTCV18-6034642-S. Filed Jan. 11.

DEEDS COMMITTEE DEEDS Commercio, Ruth A., et al., Brookfield. Appointed committee: Patrick J. Walsh, Brookfield. Property: 32 Skyline Drive, Brookfield.

Amount: $290,500. Docket no.

DBD-CV-15-6017472-S. Filed Dec. 29.

Hunter, Elizabeth F., et al., Norwalk. Appointed committee: David J. Marantz, Norwalk. Property: 7 Fairweather Drive, Norwalk.

Amount: $240,500. Docket no. FSTCV-10-6003123-S. Filed Jan. 9.

Mahoney, Patricia M., et al., Stamford. Appointed committee: Anthony E. Schwartz, Stamford.

Property: 53 Cody Drive, Stamford.

Amount: $447,000. Docket no. FSTCV-1606029331-S. Filed Dec. 26.

Facts & Figures Pariseault, Jacqueline, et al., Norwalk. Appointed committee: Daniel P. Weiner, Norwalk. Property: 74 Silvermine Ave., Norwalk.

Amount: $371,875. Docket no. FSTCV-16-6029833-S. Filed Jan. 5.

COMMERCIAL 118-120 Henry LLC, Stamford.

Seller: South End Partners SPE LLC, Stamford. Property: 118 and 120 Henry St., Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Dec. 29.

12 WWD LLC, Stamford. Seller: 12 Walter Wheeler Drive SPE LLC, Stamford. Property: Lot 3, Map 1146, Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Dec. 29.

146 Davis Ave., Realty LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Black Rock LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 146 Davis Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $1.2 million.

Filed Dec. 27.

201 Magee Avenue LLC, Stamford. Seller: Waterfront Magee LLC, Stamford. Property: Parcel A, Map 13887, Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Dec. 29.

205 Magee Avenue LLC, Stamford. Seller: Waterfront Magee LLC, Stamford. Property: Parcel A, Map 13887, Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Dec. 29.

217 Washington LLC, Stamford.

Seller: 217 Washington Boulevard LLC, Stamford. Property: 217 Washington Blvd., Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Dec. 29.

4 VZ LLC, Fairfield. Seller: SJ REI LLC, Norwalk. Property: 2-4 Van Zant St., Units A-7, A-17 and B-9, Norwalk. Amount: $354,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Fernandez Properties LLC, Fairfield. Seller: EKS LLC, Stamford.

Property: 203-207 Grove St., Bridgeport. Amount: $650,000. Filed Dec. 29.

Friends of The Garden of Ideas Inc., Ridgefield. Seller: Alice B. Camp, Stony Creek. Property: Parcel E, Lot Owned by Margaret S. Durant, Ridgefield. Amount: $5,000.

Filed Dec. 28.

Asch, Daniel, Stamford. Seller: Charles T. Rini Jr. Stamford. Property: 1 Broad St., Unit 18G, Stamford.

Amount: $760,000. Filed Dec. 29.

Hi Barlow M&F LLC, Fairfield.

Seller: F and M Fairfield LLC, Weston. Property: 7, 9, 11 Hi Barlow Road, Newtown. For no consideration paid. Filed Dec. 28.

Bacher, Bee Low and Albert Bacher, Norwalk. Seller: Wojciech Drewnik and Oksana Babiychuk, Norwalk. Property: Unit 2 in Taylor Townhouse Condominium, Norwalk. Amount: $230,000. Filed Jan. 9.

KA Remodeling LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Esgar Ortiz, Bridgeport.

Property: Orchard Street, Bridgeport. Amount: $105,000. Filed Jan. 2.

LJP Contractors LLC, Brookfield.

Seller: Empire Remodeling LLC, Brookfield. Property: 85 Laurel Hill Road, Brookfield. Amount: $70,000.

Filed Dec. 29.

National Transfer Services LLC, Brookfield. Seller: Adrian Schwartz-Mittelman and Deborah Wakrat Schwartz, Brookfield.

Property: 9 Old Oak Drive, Unit 401, Brookfield. Amount: $310,000.

Filed Dec. 15.

Orange County Home Solutions LLC, Monroe. Seller: Gerta Latifi, Bridgeport. Property: 175 Bretton St., Unit B-11, Bridgeport. Amount: $63,500. Filed Jan. 3.

PML Management Services LLC, Stamford. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah.

Property: 35 Cogswell St., Bridgeport. Amount: $62,576. Filed Jan. 3.

47 Lindale Stamford LLC, Stamford. Seller: 47 Lindale St LLC, Stamford. Property: 47 Lindale St., Stamford. Amount: $855,000. Filed Jan. 2.

SAJ Properties LLC, Staten Island, New York. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, Coppell, Texas. Property: 583 Barrack Hill Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $450,000.

Filed Jan. 2.

614 Shippan Associates LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Associated Properties LLC, Westport. Property: Parcels A and C, Map 8526, Stamford.

Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Dec. 28.

Tri State Property LLC, Trumbull. Seller: Noga LLC, Fairfield.

Property: 486-490 Hallett St. and 498-500 Hallett St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $130,000. Filed Dec. 28.

62 Southportwoods Drive LLC, Norwalk. Seller: Patricia McCallum, Fairfield. Property: 62 Southport Woods Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $330,000. Filed Dec. 28.

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AMIN Construction LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Stamford. Property: 36 Jordan Lane, Stamford. Amount: $378,000. Filed Dec. 26.

CAFT LLC, Westport. Seller: Catherine M. Andrews, Westport. Property: 26 Old Hill Road, Westport. For no consideration paid. Filed Dec. 29.

Archilles, Susan and Paul Fitzgerald, Bridgeport. Seller: Michael C. Malota and Jeanne M. Malota, Awendaw, S.C. Property: 3 Erin Lane, Newtown. Amount: $460,000. Filed Dec. 28.

Aitoro, Mary A., Norwalk. Seller: Ronald A. LaBella and Toni Ann Altomaro, Norwalk. Property: Unit A13 of Riverbend Common, Norwalk. Amount: $225,500. Filed Jan. 2.

Anderson, Kelly Marie and Timothy John Anderson, Bethel. Seller: Iordanis E. Triantafilidis and Susan K. McCluskey, Newtown.

Property: Parcel 1A, Map 7206, Newtown. Amount: $374,900. Filed Dec. 28.

Calderon, Clendy J., Newtown.

Seller: Anthony A. Halters and Shannon A. Halters, Newtown. Property: 55A Scudder Road, Newtown.

Amount: $595,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Carlson, Amanda and Spirithon Stefanatos, Patterson, New York.

Seller: Edward Murphy and Luaren A. Sullivan, Brookfield. Property: 4 Oak Branch Drive, Unit 902, Brookfield. Amount: $350,000. Filed Dec. 26.

Carlton, Sana M., Stamford. Seller: Cynthia Thornton and David Thornton, Stamford. Property: Lot 26, Map 9191, Stamford. Amount: $804,625. Filed Dec. 29.

Barahona, Arnulfo E. and Benjamin Barahona, Stamford. Seller: Raymond Gaudio, Stamford. Property: Lot 39, Map 1011, Stamford.

Amount: $462,500. Filed Dec. 29.

Case, Patricia B. and Donald J. Case, Stamford. Seller: Virgina F. Ferrara, Stamford. Property: 320 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 6, Stamford. Amount: $577,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Bartkova, Natalia, Stamford. Seller: Evelyn R. Hagenow, Stamford.

Property: 101 Seaside Ave., Unit E, Stamford. Amount: $389,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Ciambriello, Carla Lucia, Trumbull. Seller: Trumbull Properties LLC, Monroe. Property: 7091 Main St., Trumbull. Amount: $370,000.

Filed Jan. 2.

Basak-Smith, Raja and Sanjit K. Basak-Smith, Easton. Seller: 636 Cooke St. LLC, Derby. Property: Lots 36, 37, 38, 39, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 220, 221, 222, 223, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237 and 238, Map 102, Newtown. Amount: $175,000. Filed Dec. 26.

Coccia, Caterina, Stamford. Seller: Maria Santaliz, Stamford. Property: Unit A-2, Map of Building Lots Owned by George W. Dean, B.B. Avery and A.H. Horton, situated on Cove Road, Stamford. Amount: $134,000. Filed Dec. 29.

Belmont, Eileen, Norwalk. Seller: Rose B. Sellew, Westport. Property: 597 Westport Ave., Unit A420, Westport. Amount: $650,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Birmingham, Bonnie L. and Thomas E. Tyrrell, Brookfield.

Seller: Gour C. H. Mitra and Basanti Mitra, Bronx, New York. Property: 61 Hawleyville Road, Newtown.

Amount: $575,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Brennan, Katelyn M., Shelton.

Seller: Barbara D. Hinckley, Shelton.

Property: 22 Longview Road, Shelton. Amount: $350,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Browne, Maryann and Damian J. Brown, Ridgefield. Seller: RJR Builders LLC, Danbury. Property: 33 Sunset Lane, Ridgefield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Dec. 29.

Burden, Elaine Teresa and Kenneth William Burden, Mount Sanai, New York. Seller: Michael Bayonne, Wilton. Property: 127 Greyrock Place, Unit 801, Stamford.

Amount: $265,000. Filed Dec. 29.

Burrell, Shawn, Yonkers, New York. Seller: Fotis Togridis and Olivia Togridis, Norwalk. Property: 6 Lakeview Drive East, Norwalk.

Amount: $393,500. Filed Jan. 8.

Crosby, Anamaria and Phillip Crosby, Newtown. Seller: Philip Crosby, Newtown. Property: 8 Boulder Creek Road, Newtown. For no consideration paid. Filed Dec. 26.

D’Ambrisi, Anne L. and Stephen J. D’Ambrisi, New York, New York.

Seller: Jason Garth Currier and Colleen Elizabeth Currier, Fairfield.

Property: 21 Round Hill Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Dec. 28.

Diaz, Elena N., Fairfield. Seller: Deborah Congreves, Fairfield.

Property: 110 Rodgers Road, Unit 110, Fairfield. Amount: $290,000.

Filed Jan. 5.

Eckhaus, Miriam, White Plains, New York. Seller: Stephen Franklin and Wilson Ball Jr. and Courtney Shea Ball, Stamford. Property: 14 Hannahs Road, Stamford. Amount: $610,000. Filed Jan. 12.

Ferraz, Caroline De Lima and Joao R. Demacedo Junior, Stamford. Seller: Philip Agulay and Clarita Agulay, Stamford. Property: 153 Belltown Road, Stamford. Amount: $478,000. Filed Dec. 28.

Fischel, Robin, Stamford. Seller: Shomita Maitra, Anis Kumar Maitra and Chitra Maitra, Stamford. Property: 72 Old N. Stamford Road, Stamford. Amount: $782,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Fogel, Sherry Bernstein, Trumbull. Seller: Barbara Sucoff, Fairfield.

Property: 388 Reef Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $750,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Gashi, Kushtrim, Stamford. Seller: Carlos Caceres and Christina Caceres, Stamford. Property: 91 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 626, Stamford.

Amount: $225,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Gjuraj, Age and Mhill Gjuraj, Stamford. Seller: Harold E. Kinne Jr. and Patricia M. Kinne, Stamford.

Property: 107 Heming Way, Stamford. Amount: $775,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Gozzi, Victoria R. and Justin Gozzi, Brookfield. Seller: Arline K. Lathrop, Brookfield. Property: 9 Squire Court, Brookfield. Amount: $450,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Halliday, Jessica and Dominic J. Halliday, Norwalk. Seller: Linda West, New Orleans, Lousiana. Property: Lot 8, Map of Property Belonging to P.H. Glendenning, Norwalk.

Amount: $380,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Hansen, Janet and Leo Hansen, Trumbull. Seller: Leo Hansen and Janet Hansen, Trumbull. Property: 10 Old Dairy Road, Trumbull. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Dec. 28.

He, Xueyuan, Flushing, New York.

Seller: HSBC Bank USA NA, Norwalk. Property: 4 Union Ave., Unit 32, Norwalk. Amount: $151,000.

Filed Jan. 12.

Hue, Didier, Brookfield. Seller: Rene Hue, Brookfield. Property: 9A Kellogg St., Brookfield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Dec. 18.

Kent, Marjorie, Orlando, Florida.

Seller: David C. Lewis and Cathy D. Lewis, Newtown. Property: 34 Saw Mill Road, Newtown. Amount: $261,188. Filed Jan. 2.

Klinka, Slisia M. and Gerald Brant, Stamford. Seller: R.B. Benson Company Inc., Westport. Property: 18 Sturges Commons, Westport.

Amount: $3 million. Filed Dec. 29.

Lionetti, Grace and Michael Lionetti, Stamford. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 790 Newfield Ave., Stamford.

Amount: $450,000. Filed Dec. 28.

Lipchus, Jeffrey Ryan, Newtown.

Seller: Anne Herrera, Redding.

Property: 3 Pine St., Newtown.

Amount: $230,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Luciano, Amy S. and Joseph M. Luciano, Bolton Landing, New York. Seller: Lynn H. Norris, Southbury. Property: 857 Gilman St., Bridgeport. Amount: $398,000.

Filed Dec. 29.

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Mahfouz, Imad, Yonkers, New York. Seller: Paul J. LaVarge, Colchester, Newfoundland. Property: Unit 203 of The Windemere, Stamford.

Amount: $222,500. Filed Jan. 9.

Manfredi, Francine S .and David S. Griffin, Nashua, New Hampshire. Seller: Jonathan C. Ivec and Virginia M. Ivec, Stamford. Property: Lot 37, Map 5971, Stamford.

Amount: $575,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Martinez, Marlon, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Elson Aleman and Maria Aleman, Bridgeport. Property: 369 Park St., Bridgeport. Amount: $89,500. Filed Jan. 2.

Massimi, Nicole and Stephen Massimi, Larchmont, New York.

Seller: Raymond C. C. Cheung and Wai Ching Cheung, Stamford. Property: Lot 11, Map 1143, Stamford.

Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Jan. 8.

McCoy, Kenneth L., Seymour.

Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 39 Fairview Ave., Trumbull. Amount: $405,100. Filed Jan. 2.

Mellaci, Joseph, Brookfield. Seller: Richard M. Reynolds and Cynthia W. Reynolds, Brookfield. Property: 35 White Pine Drive, Brookfield.

Amount: $336,551. Filed Dec. 21.

Miller, Winston, Bronx, New York. Seller: Vincent Valentino and Cheryl Valentino, Bridgeport. Property: 1234 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $250,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Mobley, Washington Morris, Newtown. Seller: Francesca R. Luna-Rudin, Newtown. Property: 53 Scudder Road, Newtown. Amount: $430,000. Filed Dec. 28.

Morvillo, Deborah A. and E. Scott Morvillo, Rockville Centre, New York. Seller: Richard William Nichols and Laura Fledderjohn Nichols, Weston. Property: 38 Kellogg Hill Road, Weston. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Jan. 5.

Munson, Douglas, Fairfield. Seller: Mill River Properties LLC, Fairfield.

Property: 84-86 Rhode Island Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $400,000. Filed Dec. 29.

Nana, Bhadra, Bridgeport. Seller: Yerodin Thompson and Alicia T. Thompson, Bridgeport. Property: 46 Douglas St., Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Jan. 2.

O’Donnell, Ellen, Brookfield. Seller: James W. Weakley and Laura Weakley, Shrewsbury, New Jersey.

Property: Lots 14, 15 and 16, Block C, The Candlewood Lake Club, Brookfield. Amount: $385,000. Filed Dec. 18.

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Facts & Figures Ofir, Allison and Assaf Ofir, Bridgeport. Seller: Ronald D. Williams Jr., Fairfield. Property: 55 Woodside Circle, Fairfield. Amount: $420,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Strater, Megan and Bradford Strater, Fairfield. Seller: Vanbrodt Estates LLC, Fairfield. Property: 103 Rock Major Drive, Fairfield.

Amount: $795,000. Filed Dec. 28.

Overton, Margaret Lynn, Norwalk. Seller: Eugene J. Mascia and Lori Ann Mascia, Norwalk. Property: 38 Birchside Drive, Norwalk.

Amount: $536,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Strum, Daniel, New York, New York. Seller: Cynthia S. Hoppe, Stamford. Property: 70 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 1-3D, Stamford.

Amount: $322,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Palik, Ilhami, Fairfield. Seller: Patricia A. Mihaylo, Fairfield. Property: Lot 50, Map 6071, Fairfield. Amount: $350,000. Filed Dec. 29.

Sunday, Tammy, Trumbull. Seller: Dogwood Property Holdings LLC, Trumbull. Property: 1376 Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull. Amount: $350,000. Filed Dec. 28.

Paton, Belinda, Danbury. Seller: Henry Villegas and Virginia Villegas, Brookfield. Property: 12 Douglas Drive, Brookfield. Amount: $210,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Pereira, Silene, Bridgeport. Seller: Richard Licursi, Oxford. Property: 526 Thorme St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $79,750. Filed Dec. 28.

Pereira, Silene, Bridgeport. Seller: David Licursi, Trumbull. Property: 526 Thorme St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $79,750. Filed Dec. 28.

Plavincky, Lindsay and Richard J. Plavincky, Newtown. Seller: Steven A. Hayghe and Deanne M. Hayghe, Newtown. Property: 92 Glen Road, Newtown. Amount: $260,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Pocoski, Jeanine E. and Edward J. Pocoski, Fairfield. Seller: Antonetz Properties LLC, Fairfield.

Property: 79 Lewis Drive, Fairfield.

Amount: $560,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Powers, Kathryn and Timothy Powers, Fairfield. Seller: Pinnacle Peak Inc., Shelton. Property: Lot 2, Map 4421, Fairfield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Jan. 2.

Rescigno, Cristen G. M. and Timothy W. Rescigno, Danbury.

Seller: Lisa W. Romano, Newtown.

Property: 28 Boulevard, Newtown.

Amount: $360,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Rivera, Bernadette, Stamford.

Seller: Lishan Lim, Stamford. Property: 271 Bridge St., Unit 307, Stamford. Amount: $344,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Rivera, Melanie, Bridgeport. Seller: Neto Construction LLC, Trumbull. Property: 15 Robert St., Bridgeport. Amount: $259,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Ryall, Christopher G., Ansonia.

Seller: Kimberly Ann Alums, Shelton. Property: 43 Coram Road, Shelton. Amount: $280,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Tepper, Robin B., Peekskill, New York. Seller: Aileen Houghton, Ridgefield. Property: 20 Copper Beach Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $377,500. Filed Jan. 8.

Triscott, Meredith L. and Julian P. Triscott, Westport. Seller: Mark S. Shapiro and Kimberly A. Shapiro, Westport. Property: 12 Sandhopper Trail, Westport. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Dec. 29.

Vayner, Inna, Samuel Vizeltir and Borislav Gutman, Staten Island, New York. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 317-319 Willow St., Bridgeport. Amount: $168,000.

Filed Dec. 29.

Warnecke, Cindy Lozano and Robert Warnecke, Stamford. Seller: Karen Taylor, Stamford. Property: 34 Terrance Ave., Stamford.

Amount: $380,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Weglian, Matthew, Norwalk. Seller: Hugh Jamieson, Norwalk. Property: 20 Deepwood Lane, Norwalk.

Amount: $535,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Williams, Brian, Bridgeport.

Seller: Francesco Maffei, Port Chester, New York. Property: 3257 Old Town Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $195,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Yan, Ming, Stamford. Seller: Julia Schukina Uzgiris, Stamford. Property: Unit 2H in Bedford Towers Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $216,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Yang, Dong and Wei Sun, Milford.

Seller: Jason Lanteri, Farmington.

Property: 22 Clarion Place, Trumbull. Amount: $463,000. Filed Dec. 29.

Ying, Dehua and Lani Liu-Helisch, Norwalk. Seller: Daniel K. Patchen, Norwalk. Property: Lot 6B, Map 4599, Norwalk. Amount: $322,000. Filed Jan. 11.

FORECLOSURES Otero, Esteban, et al. Creditor: Pingora Loan Servicing LLC, Ewing, New Jersey. Property: 314 Huntington Turnpike, Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Jan. 2.

Property Plus LLC, Creditor: Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 289 Alba Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default.

Filed Jan. 3.

Santo, Anthony F., et al. Creditor: TD Bank NA Property: 21 Glendenning St., Norwalk. Mortgage default.

Filed Dec. 27.

Savko, Maria, et al. Creditor: Astoria Bank, Astoria, New York. Property: 582 Cutspring Road, Stratford.

Mortgage default. Filed Dec. 28.

Simmons, Spencer, et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 56 Halloween Blvd., Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Jan. 8.

Smith, Jasset, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 43-45 Quince St., Bridgeport.

Delinquent common charges. Filed Jan. 2.

Zegarski, Nina, Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 280 Park St., Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed Jan. 2.

JUDGMENTS Barletta, Mary Lou and Michael J. Barletta, Norwalk. $6,286 in favor of Travelers-Fall River, Hartford,

by Abraham M. Hoffman, Trumbull.

Property: 11 Marlin Drive, Norwalk.

Filed Dec. 26.

Black Diamond International Forest Group LLC, et al., Newtown. $200,880 in favor of EW Oil SP, Warsaw, Poland, by Houston Putnam Lowry, Hartford. Property: 193 Walnut Tree Hill Road, Newtown. Filed Jan. 2.

Firewire Communications LLC, Newtown. $2,096 in favor of Graybar Electric Company Inc., New Haven, by Sugarmann & Sugarmann, New Haven. Property: 2 Galilee Way, Newtown. Filed Dec. 26.

Gomez, Diana, Bridgeport. $18,740 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 470 Brooklawn Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Jan. 3.

Lavanda, Richard P., Fairfield. $10,920 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 181 Burroughs Road, Fairfield. Filed Dec. 26.

Parks, Arenas, et al., Brookfield. $212,190 in favor of Supreme Court of the State of New York, by Bradford Kendall. Property: 9 Hamlin Court, Brookfield. Filed Dec. 19.

Randolph, Theodore, Norwalk. $5,240 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 14 Kingsbury Road, Norwalk.

Filed Jan. 2.

Salvato, Jessica S., Brookfield. $2,303 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 53 N. Mountain Road, Brookfield. Filed Dec. 14.

Zielinski, Slawomir, Stamford. $14,310 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 54 Ayres Drive, Stamford. Filed Dec. 27.

LIENS FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED Abbott, Paula B. and Stephen C. Abbott, 300 Merwins Lane, Fairfield. $42,288, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 28.

Adamucci, Nicholas, 15 Moore St., Stamford. $13,992, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 27.

Aniton, Antoinette P., 580 Villa Ave., Apt. 110, Fairfield. $13,275, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 9.

Ardino, Anthony, 175 Cascade Road, Stamford. $153,828, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 27.

B & D Properties LLC, 468 Post Road, Westport. $36,652, U.S. return of partnership income. Filed Jan. 3.

Bepko, Kimberly A. and Joseph D. Bepko, 23 Pine Tree Hill Road, Newtown. $6,663, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 26.

Bryk, Matthew A., 241 Partridge Lane, Fairfield. $19,483, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 9.

Cadavid, Carmen C. and John F. Cadavid, 11 Norden Place, Apt. 42, Norwalk. $3,221, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 3.

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Denitto, Tamela S., 32 Botsford Hill Road, Newtown. $36,539, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 11.

Norwalk Pizza & Pasta LLC, 236 East Ave., Norwalk. $4,329, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Jan. 3.

Gray, John S., 247 Long Ridge Road, Stamford. $1.1 million, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 3.

Parker, Anthony J., 5 Randall Ave., Stamford. $48,129, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 27.

Hogarth, Jerome Roger, 226 Ruane St., Fairfield. $39,901, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 9.

Silva, Leslie A. and Christopher M. Silva, 21 Plymouth Ave., Trumbull. $15,591, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 9.

Kelly, Dennis J., 13 W. End Road, Norwalk. $832,634, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 2.

Laureano-Rikardsen, K. and E. Rikardsen, 1383 Shippan Ave., Stamford. $17,301, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 27.

McCullough, William J., 1100 Summer St., Stamford. $111,660, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 27.

Nuzzolo, Frank, 53 Old Farm Road, Weston. $7,986, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 27.

Rivera, Flor, 44 Connecticut Ave., Stamford. $10,252, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 3.

Szewczak, Georgia P. and Joseph F. Szewczak, 141 Saint Johns Road, Ridgefield. $58,326, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 2.

Varga, Elizabeth and Kevin Garcia, 275 Wildwood Road, Stamford. $31,305, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 3.

White, Richard, 45 Concord St., Fairfield. $79,319, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 9.

Williams Jr., Donald, 5 Brookfield Ave., Fairfield. $64,911, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 3.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSRELEASED Bae, Julie W. and Julius A. Liu, 16 Woodley Road, Stamford. $55,284, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 27.

Drescher, Kelly L. and Daniel F. Drescher, 515 West Ave., Apt. 566, Norwalk. $72,512, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 3.

Fred N. Durante Jr. Landscape Services LLC, 331 Selleck St., Stamford. $26,909, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Jan. 10.

Lepore, Michael, 99 Silvermine Ave., Norwalk. $37,387, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed Jan. 3.

Spinola, Thomas P., 1 Wolfpit Ave., Apt. 6, Norwalk. $5,065, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 3.

MECHANIC’S LIENS-FILED Annemid RI LLC, Miami, Florida.

Filed by J and G Glass Company Inc., Bridgeport, by Kevin Geignetter.

Property: 23-25, 35 and 37 Atlantic St., Stamford. Amount: $87,691. Filed Jan. 2.

Goodrich, Patricia P., Weston.

Filed by Buddy’s Pools LLC, Stratford, by Roy Dinan. Property: 40 Ravenwood Drive, Weston.

Amount: $2,725. Filed Dec. 28.

SONO Development Partners LLC, Norwalk. Filed by Devine Brothers Inc., Norwalk, by Thomas Devine. Property: 43 and 47 S. Main St., Norwalk. Amount: $117,191. Filed Jan. 8.

LIS PENDENS Bednar, Michael J., et al., Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Property: 72 Gaymoor Drive, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $406,000, dated September 2007.

Filed Jan. 2.

Bendana, Ernest J., et al., Brookfield. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 16 Comstock Trail, Unit 41, Brookfield.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $210,000, dated October 2006. Filed Dec. 21.

Blank, Bonnie T., et al., Stamford.

Filed by Glass & Braus LLC, Fairfield, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 2 Rock Spring Road, Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $525,000, dated March 2006. Filed Jan. 9.

Facts & Figures Caro, Luis F., et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 210-212 Clermont Ave., Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $296,000, dated August 2005. Filed Jan. 3.

Chica, Beatriz, et al., Stamford.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 62 Wascussee Lane, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Filed Jan. 5.

Contreras, Rosa, et al., Norwalk.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 65 Benedict St., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $377,600, dated June 2006. Filed Dec. 29.

Digirolamo, Joseph D., et al., Shelton. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Pingora Loan Servicing LLC. Property: 47 Keron Drive, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $368,468, dated March 2015. Filed Dec. 27.

Napaul, Bernadette, et al., Stamford. Filed by Leopold & Associates PLLC, Stamford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 45 Vernon Place, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $498,750, dated May 2005. Filed Dec. 26.

O’Shea, Peter, et al., Brookfield.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 7 Obtuse Road South, Brookfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $608,000, dated July 2007. Filed Dec. 19.

White, Mary P., et al., Stamford.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 71 Shelter Rock Road, Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $300,000, dated December 2000. Filed Dec. 29.

Wilson Jr., Parker, et al., Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 176 Stillwater Ave., Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $35,000, dated August 1996. Filed Dec. 27.

MORTGAGES 105 Associates LLC, Trumbull,

by Rory T. Perimenis. Lender: Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown. Property: 105 Technology Drive, Unit 1, Trumbull. Amount: $600,000. Filed Dec. 28.

1142 Howard LLC, by Edo Dostal.

Lender: First Republic Bank, San Francisco, California. Property: 1130-1132 Howard Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $131,250. Filed Dec. 29.

15 Virgil Street LLC, Stamford,

by Peter N. Masi. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 11 and 15 Virgil St., Stamford.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 28.

33 Lindale St. LLC, Stamford,

by John Ottaviano. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport.

Property: 33 Lindale St., Stamford.

Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Dec. 28.

5 Star Holdings LLC, by Edo Dostal. Lender: First Republic Bank, San Francisco, California. Property: 223-225 Beardsley St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $150,000. Filed Dec. 29.

646 Central LLC, by Edo Dostal.

Lender: First Republic Bank, San Francisco, California. Property: 3436 Putnam St., Bridgeport. Amount: $150,000. Filed Dec. 29.

990 Noble LLC, by Edo Dostal.

Lender: First Republic Bank, San Francisco, California. Property: 965-967 Noble Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $171,500. Filed Dec. 29.

Grays Bridge Development LLC, Brookfield, by Brendon M. Southard. Lender: for Brendon M. Southard, Bridgewater. Property; 203 Grays Bridge Road, Brookfield.

Amount: $900,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Harbour Townhomes LLC, Bridgeport, by Dean Kardamis.

Lender: Bankwell Bank, New Canaan. Property: 1645 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed Dec. 27.

Homes With Hope Inc., by Jeffrey Wieser. Lender: First Republic Bank, San Francisco, California. Property: 86 Saugatuck Ave., Westport.

Amount: $172,500. Filed Jan. 3.

Murace Management LLC, Stamford, by John Foti. Lender: First County Bank, Stamford. Property: Lot 2, Map 14010, Stamford.

Amount: $550,000. Filed Dec. 26.

Nizzardo Building LLC, Stamford, by Maurice Nizzardo. Lender: Union Savings Bank, Danbury.

Property: 65 Bank St., Stamford.

Amount: $50,000. Filed Dec. 26.

RFS Construction LLC, Wilton,

by Robert Stanzione. Lender: RCN Capital LLC, South Windsor. Property: 15 Mill Hill Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $700,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Sono Court LLC, Norwalk, by Daniel R. Rapose. Lender: AKD Capital LLC, Darien. Property: 75 S. Main St., Norwalk. Amount: $150,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Trinity Park Apartments Limited Partnership, Bridgeport, by Renee Dobos. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 78 Spruce St., Stamford. Amount: $1 million. Filed Dec. 26.

NEW BUSINESSES 5 Janes, 14 Main St., Newtown 06470, c/o Elizabeth Page. Filed Jan. 3.

Bar Restaurant, 2399 Main St., Stratford 06614, c/o Julia Kush. Filed Jan. 5.

Bolt Printing.com, 20 Old Grays Bridge Road, Brookfield 06804, c/o Lana Corsano. Filed Dec. 29.

Connie Strait Real Estate, 16 Long Meadow Hill Road, Brookfield 06804, c/o Constance A. Strait.

Filed Dec. 15.

El Alcoiri, 1329 E. Main St., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Jorge Rodriguez.

Filed Jan. 2.

Elisha’s House, 1464 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport 06607, c/o Angie Cooper. Filed Dec. 28.

Elizabella’s Bake Shop, 13 Bailey Ave., Ridgefield 06877, c/o Elizabeth Morello Eckardt LLC. Filed Jan. 3.

Encontre Vital Productions, 913 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Gwendolyn Vital. Filed Jan. 2.

Hawley Electric LLC, 16 Rocky Road, Brookfield 06804, c/o Carmen Hawley. Filed Jan. 2.

Henry’s Furniture Restoration LLC, 14 Platt St., Apt. 1, Norwalk 06855, c/o Henry Urena. Filed Jan. 9.

Impact Health, 14 Westport Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o CHS Members LLC. Filed Jan. 2.

JG Search, 564 Midland St., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Jeffrey Guttman.

Filed Jan. 5.

Maria’s House Cleaning, 78 Osborne Ave., Apt. 1, Norwalk 06855, c/o Maria I. Patino. Filed Jan. 5.

Meow Meow Workshop, 9 Hills Lane, Westport 06880, c/o Chien Lung Chen. Filed Jan. 8.

My Personal Tough Land Services, 181 College, Stratford 06614, c/o Kiara Bailey. Filed Jan. 3.

Ochoa Painting, 146 S. Main St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Jayro J. Ochoa.

Filed Jan. 2.

Re-Mesh, 573 W. Taft Ave., Bridgeport 06604, c/o Jaime DeCiucis.

Filed Jan. 2.

T&T Dreamin, 269 Wilbrook Road, Stratford 06614, c/o Tom Tallercio. Filed Jan. 3.

T.C.B. Ventures Inc., 2 W. Mountain Road, Ridgefield 06877, c/o Thomas P. Beck. Filed Jan. 2.

Tuned Society CC, 14 Meadowbrook Road, Brookfield 06804, c/o William Terry. Filed Jan. 8.

Two Men and A Truck, 25 Van Zant St., Unit 1A1, Norwalk 06855, c/o Mpas Moving Connecticut LLC. Filed Jan. 2.

W&L Lafonatine, 26 Cloverly Circle, Norwalk 06855, c/o Lyn K. Esposito. Filed Jan. 8.

Distributed change management system for electric vehicles. Patent no. 9,873,345 issued to Enrique Abreu, Stamford. Assigned to Talino Ev Management Systems Inc., Stamford.

Electrodynamic transducer with back cover for heat dissipation. Patent no. 9,872,107 issued to Felix Kochendoerfer, Sherman Oaks, California; Alex Pliner, Van Nuys, California; and Alexander Voishville, Simi Valley, California.

Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

Locking mechanism for food processor blade assembly. Patent no. 9,867,504 issued to Joseph W. Zakowski, New Canaan. Assigned to Conair Corp., Stamford.

Pharmaceutical formulation containing gelling agent. Patent no. 9,867,783 issued to Curtis Wright, Rockport, Massachusetts; Benjamin Oshlack, Boca Raton, Florida; and Christopher Breder, Greenwich. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford.

Providing a log of events to an isolated user. Patent no. 9,876,985 issued to Davide Di Censo, San Mateo, California; and Stefan Marti, Oakland, California. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

NEW LIQUOR LICENSES Peppino LLC, 5 Grove St., Ridgefield 06877, c/o Raffaele Gallo. Permit no. LIR.0018922. Filed Jan. 2.

Sam’s Liquors, 7365 Main St., Stratford 06614, c/o Bhamini Patel.

Permit no. LIP.0014771. Filed Jan. 3.

The Babb LLC, 103 Danbury Road, Unit C, Ridgefield 06877, c/o Julia C. Michaelsen. Permit no.

LCA.0007444. Filed Dec. 28.

Villa Pizzeria & Ristorante, 411 Barnum Avenue Cutoff, Stratford 06614, c/o Aniello Lubrano-Lavadera. Permit no. LIR.0019615. Filed Jan. 3.

Vines XV LLC, 109 Danbury Road, Suite K, Ridgefield 06877, c/o Monica R. Brown. Permit no. LIP.0014783.

Filed Dec. 29.

PATENTS Coherence-based dynamic stability control system. Patent no.

9,870,763 issued to Jonathan Wesley Christian, Milford, Michigan. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

Systems and methods for treating an opioid-induced adverse pharmacodynamic response.

Patent no. 9,867,817 issued to Michele Hummel, Marlton, New Jersey; Donald J. Kyle, Yardley, Pennsylvania; and Garth Whiteside, Yardley, Pennsylvania. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford.

Tamper resistant controlled release dosage forms. Patent no.

9,872,837 issued to Haiyong Hugh Huang, Princeton, New Jersey. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford.

TRPV1 antagonists, including dihydroxy substitute and uses thereof. Patent no. 9,873,691 issued to Jianming Yu, Plainsboro, New Jersey. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford.

Using external sounds to alert vehicle occupants of external events and mask in-car conversations. Patent no. 9,870,764 issued to Stefan Marti, Oakland, California; Davide Di Censo, Oakland, California; and Ajay Juneja, Murray, Utah.

Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

Junior Analyst (Nantahala Capital Management, LLC – Darien, CT) Prfrm invstmnt rsrch activities & provide quant analyses for new invstmnt ideas & exist’g portfolio invstmnts. Cndct finan mdl’g, industry rsrch, indvdl cmpny bus mdl analysis & portfolio optmztn.

F/T. Resumes: Nantahala Capital Management, LLC, 19 Old Kings Hwy S., Ste 200, Darien, CT 06820.

Job ID: NAN-1.

GSS Portfolio Management Associate (AQR Capital Management, LLC - Greenwich, CT) Rebalance prtflios based on mdl views, mkt frictns, & invstmnt guidelines. F/T. Rqrs Mstr’s dgr dgr (or frgn equiv) in Econ, Finan Eng, Math of Finan, or rel quant fld & 1 yr exp in job offrd or in finan ind rel to trd’g & invstmnts in glbl mkts. Educ, train’g or exp must incl: quant rsrch & anlysis us’g basic script’g langs incl Python, MATLAB & VBA; adv functns in Excel, incl VBA & stats mdl’g skills; utlz’g mkt data prdcts, incl Bloomberg (API); db query’g & data anlysis us’g SQL; &, prtflio optmztn theory & quant prtflio constrctn technqs incl mean variance optmztn & equity multifctr prtflio constrctn mdls. Exp may be gained cncrrntly. Resumes: AQR Capital Management, LLC, ATTN: S. Rao, 2 Greenwich Plaza, 3rd Flr, Greenwich, CT 06830. Job Code: AQR-136.

Associate Pricing Analyst (AQR Capital Management, LLC - Greenwich, CT) Prfrm valuatn anlysis on a wide range of illiquid invstmnts distributd across inds. F/T. Rqrs Bach’s (or frgn equiv) in Quant Finan, Stats, Econ, Accnt’g, Bus Admin or rel fld & 3 yrs of exp in job offrd or w/ ops contrl & process dvlpmnt in the institutnl invstmnt mgmt ind. All stated exp must incl: cmpolx securities pric’g & automatn; finan mdl’g; prgrmm’g in Python, Matlab or SQL; Bloomberg; invstmnt instrumnts incl optns, warrants, earn outs, right offr’g, swaps, corporate debt, convertible debt & distressed debt; &, valuatn mthdlogies for derivs & finan instrumnts incl Monte Carlo simultn and lattice mdls. In lieu of Bach’s dgr in stated fld & 3 yrs exp as stated, will accept Mstr’s dgr in stated fld & 1 yr exp in all stated items. Resumes: AQR Capital Management, LLC, ATTN: S. Rao, 2 Greenwich Plaza, 3rd Flr, Greenwich, CT 06830.

Job Code: AQR-237.

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LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of Evolytix, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/15/17. Offc.

Loc: Westchester Cty. Scott Binger as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Mail process to the LLC, 49 Smith Ave, 3rd Floor, Mount Kisco, NY 10549.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61525

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Notice of Formation of BCREW Solutions LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/09/2017.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 49 Reyburn Road, Katonah, NY 10536. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61526 JP Communication Access Services, LLC. filed with SSNY on 12/18/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jody Prysock, 5 Bryant Crescent #2N, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful act or activity #61528 Halyard Realty LLC. Filed 12/21/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 445 Hamilton Avenue Ste 1102, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61529

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LEGAL NOTICE Diamond Direct USA LLC has filed articles of organization with the Secretary of State of NYS on 12/14/2017. The offices of this company are located in Westchester County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is 35-37 Purchase Street, Rye, NY 10580. The company is organized to conduct any lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized. #61508 762 Main Street, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/8/2014. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Incorp Services, Inc., One Commerce Plz., 99 Washington Ave., Ste., 805-A, Albany, NY 12210-2822.

General Purpose. #61511 Ten Eyck Business Solutions LLC, Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY 11/30/17. Office loc: Westchester county. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Mail copy of ay process against the LLC to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 1228.

Purpose: any lawful. #61512

Notice of Formation of Grayonatray Capital Management, LLC. LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/11/2017. Ofc. Loc. Westchester County. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process tp the LLC, 26 Normandy Terrace, Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: any lawful purpose #61513 Notice of Application for Authority to do business in New York of INVESTMENT TITLE LLC (ìLLCî) d/b/a Investment Title Agency, LLC .

Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State (SSNY) on 12/11/2017. LLC formed in New Jersey (ìNJî) on 12/5/16. Office location is Morris County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of such process to the LLC, 222 Ridgedale Ave Suite 302 Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927. Office address in NJ is 222 Ridgedale Ave Suite 302 Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927. Copies of Certificate of Organization of LLC are on file and may be obtained from the Secretary of State of NJ, Department of the Treasury P.O. Box 002 Trenton, NJ 08625-0002. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #61514 95 Palisade Avenue LLC. Filed 12/13/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 65-22 79th Place, Middle Village, NY 11379 Purpose: all lawful #61516 Dalemen Associates, LLC. Filed 12/20/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 54 Morris Lane, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: all lawful #61517

DVG Family LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/18/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 33 Windermere Dr., Yonkers, NY 10710.

General Purpose #61518 Notice of Formation of HORIZON CLEAN ENERGY LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/5/17. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 2005 Palmer Ave #1048. Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61520 The Styled Set LLC. Articles filed w/ SSNY 12/27/17. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated for service of process and shall mail to Reg. Agent: Legalinc Corp Services Inc, 1967 Weherle Dr Ste 1 #086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose: Any lawful activity #61522 APB Auto Detailing and Hauling LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/30/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 40A Locus Hill Ave., #5J, Yonkers, NY 10701.

General Purpose. #61523 Josephine Valerie, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Department of State of New York (DSNY) on 12/20/17. Office location: WestchesterCounty. DSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

DSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 148 Vineyard Ave., Yonkers, New York10703, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #61524

Notice of Formation of HIGHLAND VIEW REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/26/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 10 Foxwood Circle, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61530 Rosieís LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/26/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 1 New King St., Ste. 202, West Harrison, NY 10604. General Purpose. #61531 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF EQUITIS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/03/2018. 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: 455 Tarrytown Rd, #1012, White Plains, NY 10607, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #61532 Traceyís Treasure Chest LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 1/5/18. Office in Rockland Co. SSNY designated for service of process and shall mail to: 17 Greenridge Way, New Hempstead, NY 10977.

Purpose: Any lawful activity #61533 Notice of formation of JCL Staging & Design, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/07/17. 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: 12 Taft Avenue, 2nd Floor, Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61534

THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE SPIRITUS GLADIUS FOUNDATION for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017 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 DONALD E. HANDELMAN. #61535 Notice of Formation of D WALLACE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/8/18. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 800 Westchester Ave., #602, Rye Brook, NY 10573.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61536 Notice of Formation of BADALY ENGINEERING PLLC. 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 2 Wilson PLace, Mt Vernon, NY 10550. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on January 2, 2018. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #61537 Notice of formation of Petrovani Family Medicine, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed w/ Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Nov 09, 2017. Off. loc.: Westchester Cnty. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: ? Mark Petrovani, M.D., 51 Carver Terr.

Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #61540 JULIEARTS, LLC Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 12/12/2017. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/ her to: 157 Beaver Dam Road, Katonah, New York 10536 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #61541 HIGH PEAKS ADVISORS, LLC Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 12/12/2017. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/ her to: 157 Beaver Dam Road, Katonah, New York 10536 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #61542 Notice of Formation of Crocco & Crocco Designers & Builders LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/8/18. 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, 4 MacDonald Ave. Suite 5 Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61543

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Notice of Formation of 3 Willow Circle LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/17/18. Offc.

Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, P.O. Box 14854, Chicago, IL 60614.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61544 Notice of Formation of Fishspear Consulting LLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/11/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Robert Fischer, 88 Lake Avenue #2B, Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61545 Moonstone Commercial Group LLC. Filed 1/10/18 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 8 Amy Place, White Plains, NY 10605 Purpose: all lawful #61546 SHZ Advisors LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/10/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 41 Cohawney, Scarsdale, NY 10583. General Purpose. #61547 Roosa Lane LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/12/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 645 N. Broadway, White Plains, NY 10603. General Purpose. #61548 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE ROTH FUND for the year ended December 31, 2017 is available at its principal office located at Peretz, Resnick, Mitgang & Marcus, LLP, 303 South Broadway, Suite 105, Tarrytown, NY 10591 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal of the Fund is Jeanny Roth. #61549 Vintage and Mod LLC has filed articles of organization with the Secretary of State of NYS on 01/22/2018. The offices of this company are located in Westchester County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is 12 Drake Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583. The company is organized to conduct any lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized. #61550 HAPPYTECHNY LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Sec.of State (NYSS) on 01/11/2018, Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 31 Westview Ave, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: all lawful #61551

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Notice of formation of GROW TO GIVE LLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/27/2017.

Office loc. Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process Fern Charles 11 Edwards Court, Bedford Corners, NY 10549.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. # 61515 Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC):ORIDRONAL STUDIOS LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 9/21/17. 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 61 Linwood Rd, New Rochelle NY, 10804. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. # 61519 Giulietta Stiller LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/19/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 148 Daisy Farms Rd., New Rochelle, NY 10804. General Purpose. # 61521 Notice of Formation of TIA Properties LLC. Org. filed with SSNY on 01/03/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 161 7th Street Verplanck, NY 10596.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61527 OmegAlpha Quamputing, LLC. LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/16/2018. Office located in Westchester County.

Secretary of State designated as agent upon which process against it may be served.

Secretary Of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: OmegAlpha Quamputing, LLC, 62 Livingston Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705 (the LLC’s primary business location). Purpose of business of LLC is Computer Programming and any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. # 61538 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Fine Girl Luxury Brand Building & Communications, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on March 15, 2017. 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: United States Corporate Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. The principal business address of the LLC is: 181 Plymouth Drive, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: brand building & marketing consultancy. # 61539

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016198_Westchester Business Journal/Fairfield City Business Journal / Trim 10”w x 11.5”h