Westchester & Fairfield Cheat Sheet: AMS buys Yonkers lot for $18.3M, …

Clockwise from top left: AMS buys lot in Yonkers for $18.3M with plans to build 14-story rental building; Stamford Hotel Propco LLC buys "distressed" Stamford Marriott hotel site for $31.6M; 24-story, 225-key "urban resort" hotel planned for entrance to New Rochelle; and a waterfront home in Larchmont with views of Long Island Sound sells for $10.3M. New York City-based AMS Acquisitions LLC has snapped up a 50,000-square-foot lot in downtown Yonkers for $18.3 million, the real estate investment firm said in a release.

Westchester & Fairfield Cheat Sheet: Extell secures tax breaks for…

Clockwise from top left: Extell secures $21M in tax breaks for $502M Yonkers riverfront development, unknown buyer shells out $42M for mixed-use building in Stamford, Armonk garden center could become residential development under proposed plan, and White Plains developer charged with defrauding investors in luxury projects. Extell Development Co.

Yonkers Convict’s Accomplice Busted In $3.5M ‘Shotgunning’ Scheme, Feds Say

An accomplice of a convicted Westchester man was charged in connection with a $3.5 million "shotgunning" scheme, said federal authorities who arrested him Sunday. Saoud "Sam" Rihan, 57, was a business partner of Yonkers resident Simon Curanaj, 63, who admitted last November that he and his associates used bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit -- a practice known as "shotgunning," U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.

Cuomo signs order allowing pre-payment of 2018 taxes

... installment payments that run into 2018. That's also the case with the so-called Big Five city districts including Yonkers, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo and NYC. "For the majority of the rest of the districts in the state, we're more than half a ...

Westchester & Fairfield Cheat Sheet: Stamforda s largest empty office…

Clockwise from top left: The UBS property in Stamford, construction on the waterfront in Yonkers, the Glenwood Power Plant on the Hudson River, and the Wescott apartment community in Stamford. Former UBS site, Stamford's largest vacant office complex, sold for $33M The 700,000-square-foot office complex that once housed UBS has sold for $33 million.

Equity Investment Mortgage Company v. Smith RBS 10

EQUITY INVESTMENT & MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Aubrey Smith, Brian SMITH, RBS Citizens N.A., Michele R. Finn, City of Yonkers and "John Doe No.1" through "John Doe # 10", the last the names being fictitious and unknown to Plaintiff, the person or parties intended being the persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the complaint, Defendants.

Retirement Strategies for Consumers from Their 20s to Their 80s

Retirement planning rules have changed for people of all ages, but it's never too late to pivot to a new approach or too early to start planning for the future, finds Consumer Reports in its latest look at "The New Retirement," in the nonprofit organization's January 2017 issue. Yonkers, NY - infoZine - In its story, CR takes a thorough look at the new forces that are altering the traditional approach to retirement planning for consumers.

National Cooperative Bank Originates $11.3 Million for New York-area Cooperatives in July 2016

... line of credit for Bronxville Court, Inc., a 54-unit co-op at 240-246 Bronxville Road and 927-935 Palmer Road in Yonkers, NY; A $1.5 million first mortgage and $200,000 line of credit for a 61-unit co-op at 2165 Matthews Avenue in Bronx, NY; and A ...

Accountable Aging: Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony Enea Shares …

Westchester elder law attorney Anthony J. Enea of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP in White Plains and Somers, N.Y. recently addressed the importance of long-term care planning in an educational program to the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce. With millions of baby boomers coming of age, Mr. Enea urges those in or approaching their elder years to take a proactive role in planning for the future.