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.