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By Kurt Colucci
Today the sweet
goddess of revenge
looks mockingly from
her throne of antagonism…and what does
she see? Events are unfolding that
would make her proud. I can see
her head tilted slightly like the old
liberty and the pursuit of happiness”
in high regard. When in reality, it
is a wicked system of force, fraud,
coercion, control and intimidation
that steals human energy.
Sam Zherka is an Iconoclast, a
man who comes once in a generation and shakes the foundations of
power and speaks truth to the people
as the political pundits and political establishment attempt a public
crucifixion of a man who has been a
tireless and diligent champion of the
people of Westchester.
Many achieve power by working
to subvert the real meaning of life
liberty and freedom… and Sam
Zherka has always sought to push
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unjustly persecute him.
A person’s time, effort energy
and talent can be hijacked and if
you can gain control over it, you can
manipulate it to fit your needs and
you can use it towards achieving
your goals at another’s expense… It
is the purest form slavery. It is both
mental slavery and physical slavery
disguised as virtue and nobility.
Evil can never achieve noble
ends. Government can never be
ethical when the use of force, fraud,
coercion and intimidation are used
to keep good men quiet.
They can silence one man,
but they cannot stop a movement
because they cannot destroy an
idea…Liberty is the highest ideal of
men who seek to be free.
Sam Zherka will stand victorious when all is said and done
because he is a good man and does
not deserve to be locked in a cage
because he told the truth in a time
of universal deceit.
-Kurt Colucci
“This is no coincidence…this is payback; payback for speaking truth to power.”
RCA Dog casting a glance of confusion that leads me to believe she is
puzzled as she watches the “antagonist” being sacrificed on the altar of
public opinion.
This is no coincidence…this is
payback; payback for speaking truth
to power.
In times of universal deceit the
truth tellers are always persecuted
and branded “outlaws.”
The recent public persecution
of Westchester’s biggest champion
of free speech is not a new theme
nor is it an unexpected unfolding
of political abuse. To the contrary,
it is simply history repeating itself.
History is riddled with stories of
good men who rebelled against the
established order of their times.
We are living in a kingdom of
thieves disguised as a self-governing
society that holds the ideals of ” life
Editorial
Most weeks, we cover the news and
some weeks, we are the news, as is the case,
this week. We ask our readers to withhold
judgment until Mr. Zherka’s attorneys
have the opportunity to respond to the
government’s accusations. All is not as it
seems.
Much will be said in the coming
weeks by persons choosing to cast aspersions on Mr. Zherka’s character and
who are blinded by the mundane,
the usual and the momentum of the
new normal.
History proves that very few
men have had the rare combination
of resources, willingness and bravery
to hold accountable the small group
of powerful elite who are “democratically elected” by the people to serve
the people; but in reality they exploit
the people that they are meant to
serve… Sam Zherka has been a
thorn in their side and for that he
is being “tried” in the court of public
opinion.
I’ve known Sam Zherka for over
half a decade. In that time I’ve seen
a man who is a glowing example of
what a father, husband and public
advocate should be. I am ashamed of
our current state of media and political manipulation. In the past few
days I’ve watched, near speechless,
back against their tidal wave of influence and expose those who exploit
the public good by trading “favors”
using the currency of influence.
Sam Zherka’s pursuit of life
liberty and happiness is being held
hostage by the law; which has been
turned into a tool of social, political and economic manipulation…
But most importantly our complicit media carefully craft stories
and distorts context and creates a
new socially relevant scheme which
serves them in the moment - this
evil is disguised as virtue
The greatest resource anyone can
control his human energy. Because
when men harness the power of
human energy they gain the benefit
of human ability - which is the
most precious rarity on earth. Sam
Zherka is a man that the powers
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There is an old saying that my
father told me when I was young.
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lives. Then there are those who stay
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hearts.”
Mr. Sam Zherka, the man that
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TECHNOLOGY
Thursday, september 25, 2014
CREATIVE DISRUPTION
Look! It’s Watching Us!
“It’s a bird ... It’s a plane ... It’s Superman!”
“No, it’s an Amazon delivery drone.”
“I think it’s a Google drone.”
“Maybe it’s from the NSA.”
“It looks more like the police one that came over yesterday.”
“You’re all wrong! It’s from the photographer down the block.”
“Hey, it’s Taking Our Picture”
by John F. McMullen
The first two columns
in this three-part series dealt
with military / law enforcement and commercial use of
drones. Of equal interest is
(or, at least, should be) is the use of them by
individuals – not only hobbyists but voyeurs,
stalkers, pedophiles, thieves, and other malusers of the technology.
Until recently, personal drones were
either too expensive or underpowered to
be much of a concern in this area but, in
the words of Bob Dylan, “The Times, They
Are A-Changing.” A September 10, 2014
New York Times review of DJI’s “Phantom
2 Vision Plus,” entitled ”An Eye in the Sky,
Accessible to the Hobbyist” (http://www.
nytimes.com/2014/09/11/technology/
personaltech/a-teardown-of-the-phantom2-vision-plus-drone-from-dji.html), shows
just how far the technology has come. The
unit has four propellers, allowing it to land
and take off like a helicopter and, more
importantly, hover over or next to an object. It
can reach a top flying speed of 33.5 mph, can
ascend at 13.4 mph, and weighs 2.7 pounds.
The Phantom 2 is controlled by a
remote control unit under the guidance of an
iPhone or Android smartphone. Pilots can
navigate the drone even when out of the line
of sight, as the unit contains a GPS device,
allowing the user to program it to move to a
specific location. Of even more use in navigation (as well as many other activities) is the
fact that there is also an on-board camera
that can both record high-definition video
& high-resolution images and stream the
output back to the smartphone.
When the drone is properly positioned,
it can then take pictures or record videos of
an event. In reporting this feature, the Times
seems to me to have a rather “pie-in-the-sky”
benign view of the way it might be used,
writing “It is easy to imagine how the Vision
Plus could be put into the hands of people
who want to document sports or other
events, or even those who might want to
photograph the exteriors of buildings.” and
“…those taking videos at a wedding — one
of the many new popular uses for drones.”
How about trolling over a school to see
which young children walk home alone ... or
scanning beach communities for nude sunbathers ... or stalking some object of affection
who doesn’t return the feeling (or even know
of it)? Additionally, the ability of the user to
use the helicopter-type controls to position
the unit at various angles will allow the
taking of videos through bedroom or office
windows. All of this may be accomplished
while the user is up to 2,300 feet away – the
length of over two football fields!
If all of this sounds paranoid, consider
the Snowden revelations, the purloining
and dissemination of private suggestive and
nude pictures supposedly securely stored in
iCloud, the stealing of customer passwords
from Target, Home Depot, et al, the attacks
on websites by those who disagree with the
content, the gathering of data on us without
our informed consent by a myriad of commercial entities --- the list goes on and on! In
short, if it can be done through technology, it
will be done -- whether ethical or not, legal
or illegal, moral or immoral!
So, then, what can we do to protect ourselves from such intrusion? Really, nothing!
In a few years, the same $1,300 will buy a
drone that is smaller (perhaps undetectable)
with twice the range from the user, much
longer battery life and greater camera versatility. All we can do is to modify our behavior
– pull down the shades, don’t sun-bathe or
engage in intimate activity outdoors, ensure
that our children are always accompanied, and constantly be on the lookout for
mechanical devices – not only drones but
also surveillance cameras of all types – which
record our activity.
We already know (or should know)
that GPS devices in our phones and our
cars record our locations, that EZ-Pass
systems document our travels, that credit
& debit card purchases as well as gas and
supermarket discount cards expose all of our
interests and preferences. We are very close
to becoming the world of George Orwell’s
“1984” – or we may be there already!
DJI Phantom 2 Vison Drone
Perhaps, the answer may be to just
ignore all of these possible methods of intrusion into our lives and behave in any way
that we wish. That’s one approach, but one
which may have a negative impact on our
credit rating, job potential, or other aspect of
our lives which may be put off by what we
think is our own private lifestyle. Another
possibility is to attempt to “go off the grid,”
eliminating online connections from our
lives; such a move is difficult to do, will
not protect us from the drone over head
or outside our window, and will deny us all
the benefits of on-line life. Another alternative is to demand that our nation, somehow
mandate the plan postulated by computer
scientist / science fiction writer David Brin
in his 1998 work “The Transparent Society.”
Brin realizes that we will be under surveillance in many ways by government – in
ways we can’t control – so he feels that we
should always know who is watching us and
be able “to watch the watchers” – to see who
is watching us and what purposes to which
they are putting the information gathered.
While the extension of such a requirement
to non-government watchers would not
deter those attempting to surreptitiously
watch us, the penalties could be so harsh that
the offenders would be put out of business.
Each of these approaches is, admittedly,
as naïve as the feeling that we have nothing
to fear from technological innovation. We
do – but we have so much to gain from such
innovation that the benefits outweigh the
negatives. Additionally, even if we wished
to stifle innovation (and I certainly don’t),
such stifling would be impossible as well as
something our competitor nations would
never go along with.
So we are back to a conundrum -Drone technologies, as well as others, are a
threat to our privacy and there is not much
we can do about it.
That is really not the end of it – we can
learn more about the issues, educate others
on the negatives as well as many positives
until we have enough educated minds to
come up with a balance and enough political
pressure to demand the balance. Until then,
why not buy your own drone?
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Thursday, september 25, 2014
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It appears that the Astorino
campaign feels that any sort of PR
is good PR but that is just not true
when using your minor child. Using
Sean makes this campaign look just
as petty and mean-spirited as the
Cuomo campaign did in doctoring the family photograph in the
first place. Voters too aren’t dumb
either. All of us have either had
an 11 year old or at least know one
and there isn’t an 11 year old in
the world who will use this sort of
language or would speak so disrespectfully to an elected official either
on or off the camera; even if your
father was running a race against
him. As a matter of fact, kids have
no business being in any campaign
commercial. This week. County
Executive Astorino released another
ad that depicted crying, disheveled
looking children who must have
the unfortunate birthright of living
here in New York State and looking
mournful as a talking head reads
copy that Governor Cuomo has
stolen their unicorns. If the children
starring in this new anti-Cuomo
ad are actors, members of AFTRA
and are receiving a standard wage
for their appearance it may make
it legal but the use of kids in any
political media is just wrong. In
the United States of America one
must be 18 years of age to vote; it is
the age of majority in this country.
Using anyone under that age is a
cheap shot and robs the average kid
of their innocence. Let us hope that
for the rest of the campaign we can
stick to the issues at hand and leave
the children to the play-yard.
POLITICS
Playground Bullies Campaign Style
By NANCY KING
Like a couple of
third grade boys challenging each other to
an after-school fight,
the nasty gubernatorial race between Governor Andrew
Cuomo and Republican challenger
Westchester County Executive Rob
Astorino took on a new theme this
week; playground pushing. This
week’s shoving match has to do with
an ad that ran in upstate New York
right before a Buffalo Bills game. As
usual, it is all about the gross negativity that the Dems believe is Rob
Astorino but the biggest crime he
Cuomo camp should probably be
fired for this very blunder. Anyone
who knows Astorino or knows of
him also knows he is a die- hard
Dolphins fan and has been forever.
Oppositional research should also
take note that this was a stock photo
on Astorino’s website and was taken
during the winter of 2010 not now.
Finally there is something missing
from that picture and that is the
picture of then 7 year old Sean
Astorino. During a family vacation
in Florida, Sean and his Dad just
happened to take in a Dolphin’s
game wearing their matching
jerseys. It wasn’t even remotely
image without seeking the parent
or guardian’s permission to do so.
(You can’t) But the manner in
which Rob Astorino and his camp
responded to this ad has more than
one New Yorker shaking their head.
In an online video, 11 year old Sean
Astorino is filmed, sitting at his
father’s desk, in his father’s office
at the County Office Building and
apparently using a teleprompter.
Young Astorino goes on to ask the
Governor to stop picking on his
father and stop using family photographs for Democratic ads. So far
I have to agree with the Astorino
campaign on this point but I will
draw the line in using an 11 year old
boy to convey that message.
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THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN
EYE ON
Thursday, september 25, 2014
THEATRE
Deathless Duet
By JOHN SIMON
Hard on his fine
new “The Wayside
Motor Inn,” comes
a revival of A. R.
Gurney’s
“Love
Letters,” a classic by now. This is a
two-character play in which Andrew
Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa
Gardner re-live their lives in letters
that they exchanged over the years.
Seated side by side at a table,
and without looking at each other,
they read or seem to read from the
text before them. In the course of
this relatively short play, they correspond in a friendship that begins
in early grade school, and ends some
40 years later with Melissa’s death
and Andy’s letter of condolence to
the heroine’s mother, in which he
confesses to have been in love with
Melissa all his life.
She came from a similarly
Northeastern family, richer than his,
and was a not very successful painter,
had a lifelong drinking problem,
married and had daughters, divorced
and died some time in her fifties.
He was in the Navy, studied law, got
involved in local politics, married,
had sons, and finally became a
senator.
All along, they wrote to each
other, which he enjoyed to do, and
she rather didn’t. Only late in their
relationship did they briefly switch
to the telephone, which proved
impractical because his employees
could sometimes listen in. Back it
was to letters.
And late in life they finally had a
spotty affair, extramarital on his part
and guilt-inducing for both. Then
she died; we infer a suicide.
Why give away so much plot?
Because what matters in this
remarkable play is the dialogue, how
things are expressed by two sensitive
and eloquent persons, with whom
we cannot help vividly empathizing.
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Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy appear in A. R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,”
What they write is both highly
imaginative and yet kindred to what
we might have done and written
under the circumstances. There is
something so convincing and likable
about this pair that it is hard to
believe that we are witnessing a play,
rather than two lives with which our
own come in deeply sympathetic
contact.
There is a great deal of humor,
and in the last phase so much
genuine pathos that I defy anyone
not to laugh with and finally cry for
Andy and Melissa, who should have,
but somehow missed out on being
married. Gurney projects himself
with signal skill into his characters
at all their ages, and reproduces to
perfection the psychological and
verbal changes as they grow older.
Among other things, the piece
is a glowing tribute to the written
word, from epistolarians and, by
implication, dramatists alike. This is
even more poignant now, when the
computer has pretty much expunged
the pen, making Andy and Melissa’s
endeavors very nearly mythical.
And here nostalgia seems uniquely
justified.
Because it requires minimal
memorization and, I imagine,
shorter rehearsal time, any number
of famous actors have appeared
in sundry productions of “Love
Letters,” and there was even,
surprisingly given the material, a
movie version. Few of the many
revivals enjoyed a long run, doubtless because even fans of the
incumbent stars are leery of such a
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EYE ON
Thursday, september 25, 2014
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rather than the usual separate desks,
seems to have authorial approval
and works just as well.
Let me provide a couple of
samples of dialogue. Schoolboy
Andy: “I got a letter from my grandfather telling me not to be first in my
class because only the Jews are first.
I wrote him and told him I wasn’t
first, but even if I were, there are no
Jews here. We have a few Catholics,
but they’re not too smart actually.
I don’t think you can be smart and
Catholic at the same time.”
And now Melissa: “Thank you for
THEATRE
Deathless Duet
Continued from page 8
sedentary work, with the actors not
even meant to look at each other
until the very end.
And yet the frequent revivals
testify to lasting interest. The current
production begins with Mia Farrow
and Brian Dennehy, with every
few weeks an equally well-known
duo taking over, and Gregory
Mosher aptly supplying the not very
demanding direction. Mia Farrow
looks terrific for her—or any—age,
and is as expert as any actress, I think,
who ever hit the stage. Though the
author’s published directions forbid
baby talk, Ms. Farrow voices a very
young person admirably (without
baby talk), and lets her voice gradually evolve into full but troubled
womanhood. Her facial expressions marvelously convey curiosity,
boredom, expectation, disillusion,
delight and desperation—you name
it.
Brian Dennehy is not as various
as that, and is by his rather beefy
build less appropriate for this particular part. But even with a certain
excessive sameness he doesn’t make
any serious mistakes, and does not
undermine the proceedings. The
choice here of a single longish table,
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THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN
Thursday, september 25, 2014
THEATRE
Deathless Duet
Continued from page 9
your letter which was a little too long.
I guess you have a lot of interesting
things to say, Andy, but some of them
are not terribly interesting to me. I want
to hear more about your FEELINGS.
For instance, here are MY feelings. This
place STINKS, but I don’t want to go
home because Hooper McPhail [her
new stepfather] stinks, and I haven’t
heard of another boarding school that
DOESN’T stink, which means that
LIFE stinks in general. Those are my
feelings for this week.”
Or, from two later letters, Melissa:
“Season’s greetings indeed! Is that all
you can say to me after forty years? I
am warning you, Andy, keep that s*** up
and I swear I’ll come down and moon
the entire Senate.” And here is Andrew
about the telephone: “The phones simply
aren’t secure. At long last the letter beats
out the telephone, my love. And guess
what? I’m writing with the old Parker
51 my grandmother gave to me when I
went away to school… I had to clean it
out and then traipse all over Washington
looking for a store that still sells a bottle
of ink.”
The temptation to quote at length
persists. But let me just say that there is
hardly a line in the play that wouldn’t
be equally quotable and just as inviting.
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CALENDAR
News & Notes from Northern Westchester
By Mark Jeffers
It sure has been a
tough few weeks for
my two NY sports
teams, the football
Giants have yet to win,
and the Yankees find new ways to
lose. Since I’m not watching sports
anymore, I had tons of time to write
this week’s “winning would be wonderful” edition of “News & Notes.”
Our friends at The Community
Center of Northern Westchester will
hold their annual Benefit Cocktail
Party and Auction on Saturday,
October 18th, at the St. Matthew’s
Fellowship Room, 382 Cantitoe
Street (Route 22) in Bedford, from
6:00pm to 8:30pm. This year’s
benefit theme is Making a Difference
Together. The event’s honorees,
Sheryl Bernhard and Laura Kaplan,
former Center board presidents and
longtime friends and supporters of
the Center, exemplify how the community, via the Community Center,
makes a difference together in the
lives of neighbors in need. Did
you know that over the Center’s 21
years, families have made more than
96,000 visits to their Food Pantry
and that 87 tons of donated clothes,
shoes and linens were distributed
during nearly 7,400 visits to their
Clothing Boutique.
Head over to Lasdon Park and
Arboretum in Katonah for “All
Things Pumpkin,” on Saturday,
October 5th, you will carve, cook,
roast and plant: all the cool things
you can do with a pumpkin, fee is $5
and includes a pumpkin.
And did you know that
bow hunting season will open
A Cause For Paws Pet Adoptions
Siggy is an 8 yr. old, neutered male
orange tabby. He is very calm and
easy going, and is good with dogs,
cats & kids.
Solo is a friendly and energetic 2 yr.
old neutered male pit mix. He loves
to play and go for runs. He is good
with dogs, cats & kids.
Whiskey is a very friendy cat who
is looking for a loving home. He is
good with dogs, cats & kids. Whiskey
is a neutered male and is 2 yrs old.
To submit an adoption application or to inquire about other cats and dogs looking for homes, please contact
[email protected]
in select Westchester County
parks on Wednesday, October
1st. The archery hunting season
is part of the county’s Adaptive
Deer Management program and
includes sections of Muscoot
Farm in Somers, Lasdon Park
and Arboretum in Katonah, Ward
Pound Ridge Reservation in Cross
River, Hilltop Hanover Farm in
Yorktown Heights, Mountain
Lakes Park in North Salem and,
in a pilot program, John E. Hand
Bald Mountain Park in Yorktown.
The season runs through December
31st. Parks will remain open during
the season and informational signs
will be posted for hunters and park
visitors. A detailed safety program
will be in effect.
The Katonah United Methodist
Church will be holding a tag sale
on Saturday September 27th from
10am to 3pm, they will have something for everyone from A to Z…
I’m scared just writing about
this…it’s Ghost Story Day at the
Yorktown Museum on Saturday,
October 4th, open to the public;
they are asking people to share their
personal GHOST stories, haunted
items & pictures with several local
paranormal experts.
At The Field Library in Peekskill
you can learn essential math needed
to succeed at the SAT, PSAT, &
ACT by a NYS Certified Math
Teacher. Great for all levels from
math-phobic to math-wiz, I will be
in the phobic grouping…the class
is an intensive hands-on afternoon
that guides students through the
most commonly tested math topics,
calculator how-to, as well as tips and
tricks for test day. The class aims to
teach students how to save time and
overcome fear in a friendly and supportive setting.
Congratulations and three
cheers go out to the Ossining
Food Pantry as they celebrate
their 26th anniversary with their
annual “Celebration” fundraiser on
September 28th.
The Open Door Foundation
will present a special concert featuring Rob Thomas on October 9th
at the Performing Arts Center at
Purchase College; the foundation
benefits Open Door Family Medical
Centers.
Over at Hilltop Hanover Farm
in Yorktown Heights it’s time for
the very popular U-Pick Vegetables
on Saturdays, 10am to 4pm. Come
visit Westchester’s only U-Pick vegetable operation, and harvest veggies
straight from the field. Now, that’s
my kind of harvesting…
It’s that time of year again for
walking or running for a good cause,
so head on out or if you cannot
attend the event, please donate to
one of these great local charities
here in northern Westchester…see
you next week.
Mark Jeffers resides in Bedford Hills,
New York, with his wife Sarah, and
three daughters, Kate, Amanda, and
Claire.
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Thursday, september 25, 2014
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whom process against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to Attn: Robert Sperduto 15
Chester Ave White Plains, NY 10601. DE address
of LLC: 3411 Silverside Rd #104 Wilmington, DE
19810. Arts. Of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State,
PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful
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G MALPASS LLC Authority filed with Secy. of
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Westchester Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE)
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whom process against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to The LLC 12 Mohawk ST Rye,
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TARRYTOWN VIEW LLC Articles of Org. filed NY
Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/20/13 Office in Westchester Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of
process to The LLC 305 North Ave New Rochelle,
NY 10801 Purpose: Any lawful activity.
453 NORTH REALTY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY
Sec. of State (SSNY) 7/28/14 Office in Westchester Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom
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whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail
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process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of
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Pakola R & D, LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec of
State (SSNY) 5/23/2014 Office in Westchester Co.
SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process
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process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of
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LLC Articles of Organization were filed with
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SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC
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