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HUDSON VALLEY PET FOOD PANTRY RECEIVES DONATION FROM ANTHONY’S COAL FIRED PIZZA
Myosotee Perez, manager of Anthonyâs Coal Fired Pizza in White Plains presents a contribution check to Susan Katz, Founder/President of the Hudson Valley Pet Food Pantry, and Kathy Ferri, Vice-President/Pantry Director.
WPCNR MAIN STREET JOURNAL. From The Hudson Valley Pet Food Pantry. February 21, 2015:
The Hudson Valley Pet Food Pantry has received a donation from Anthonyâs Coal Fired Pizza in White Plains, NY, representing proceeds from a promotion recently conducted by the restaurant.
Twenty percent of dine-in and carry out sales on four recent Thursdays from people who mentioned the pet food pantry were set aside by the restaurant for the donation. The restaurant tracked more than $3,000 in sales which could be attributed to supporters of the pet food pantry, resulting in a contribution from the promotion of just over $600.
The mission of the Hudson Valley Pet Food Pantry is to provide pet food assistance to economically challenged, disabled, and/or elderly residents of the Hudson Valley region. Veterans with service animals also are aided, as are those who have lost their jobs.
Presently, the pet food pantry serves 300 families, feeding approximately 760 animals each month. Since its inception in 2010, the pantry has helped keep 1,550 animals at home with their families, saving them from having to be surrendered to shelters or abandoned due to economic hardship. The Hudson Valley Pet Food Pantry is an all-volunteer non-profit organization based in White Plains.
Eastchester Tax Preparer Indicted for Allegedly Failing to Pay Client’s Taxes
Louis Ciampanelli
WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From the Office of the District Attorney. February 19, 2015:
Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Incoming Commissioner Kenneth Adams announced today that Louis Ciampanelli (DOB 02/17/55) of 1 Nelson Road, Eastchester, New York, was arraigned on an indictment charging him with:
- one count of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class “D” Felony,
- two counts of Criminal Tax Fraud in the Fourth Degree, class “E” Felonies.
“While this defendant allegedly held himself out to be a tax preparer, stealing clients money rightfully destined for the IRS and the New York State Tax Department, he also, over a number of years, failed to file and pay his own taxes. When an individual doesn’t pay one’s taxes it impacts all of us, as the burden becomes greater on those of us who do,” said District Attorney Janet DiFiore.
“More than 70% of all New Yorkers use a paid professional to complete and file their income tax returns,” said incoming Commissioner Adams. “We will continue to work with law enforcement of all levels to uncover unscrupulous preparers and hold them accountable for their crimes.”
Between December 14, 2010 and February 13, 2012, the defendant provided personal and business accounting and tax preparation services to John Nardini Construction, Inc.
According to the owner and his wife, rather then pay the United States Internal Revenue Service or the New York State Tax Department directly, the defendant had instructed them to provide him with checks, made payable to either Louis Ciampanelli or LMC Tax Consultants.
Ciampanelli told the victims that he would then, in turn, make the payments on their behalf to the taxing agencies.
The defendant never paid the taxing authorities for either their personal taxes or the businesses taxes. The funds were converted for his own use.
The amount of the larceny is approximately $47,000.
The defendant was arrested by investigators from the District Attorneys Office.
Bail was continued at $5,000 cash/$15,000 bond.
The case was adjourned to May 20th, 2015.
The defendant faces a maximum sentence of seven years in state prison.
Assistant District Attorney Robert Mayes of the Economic Crimes Bureau is prosecuting the case.