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.

Westchester County Elder Law Attorneys Anthony J. Enea and Sara E….

The number of Americans over age 65 is projected to more than double from 46 million today to over 98 million by 2060 and, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 70 percent will need long-term care at some point in their lives. This May, elder law attorneys Anthony J. Enea and Sara E. Meyers of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP in White Plains and Somers, N.Y. will address the importance of estate and long-term care planning at education programs for the Yonkers Lawyers Association and Estate Planning Council of New York City.

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.

Westchester & Fairfield Cheat Sheet: Why Gold Coast megamansions are…

Clockwise from top left: The race is on for equestrian estates in Westchester, luxury sales along Fairfield's Gold Coast start to move, Avalon sold its community in Shelton, and AMS bought the office building at 86 Main St. in Yonkers. Megamansions on Connecticut's Gold Coast selling for the "right" price The luxury market may be soft, but sales are happening along Fairfield County's Gold Coast.

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.