October 2019 Featured Classes
September 2019Check out HGAR's class offerings for the month of October
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HGAR Update
SPOTLIGHT ON: Nancy Hertz
September 2019New Women’s Council Leadership for 2020 Nancy Hertz is a Realtor, a singer, a paralegal, holds a B.A. in psychology and music, and next year, she’ll take over the reins as President of the Women’s Council of Realtors, Empire Local Westchester. “I’m so excited about this and I’m already thinking about the types of programs…
Read MoreHudson Gateway Realtor Foundation Presents Donations To Habitat for Humanity and Legal Services of Hudson Valley
September 2019WHITE PLAINS—The Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, recently presented donation checks to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh and Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, based in White Plains. Founded in 1999, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh brings people together to build homes, communities, and…
Read MoreFIRST NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING October 28, 2019 Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, Inc.
September 2019Report of the HGAR Leadership Committee to be presented at the HGAR Annual Meeting October 28, 2019 The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, Inc. will take place on October 28, 2019 at 3:30 PM at the DoubleTree Hotel, 455 South Broadway, Tarrytown, New York 10591. The voting business at the…
Read MoreKoff Awarded NYSAR Community Service Award
September 2019Donald Arace of Hudson United Mortgage presented flowers to Bonnie Koff, Secretary Treasurer of the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation, Inc. and Chair of the Foundation’s Fundraising Committee to congratulate her on being selected as one of the 2019 New York State Association of Realtors Community Service Award recipients. The veteran Realtor will be recognized at…
Read More2019 HGAR RPAC Honor Roll: September
September 20192019 HGAR RPAC HONOR ROLL as recorded by NYSAR to September 2019 Thank you to the following Members who are leading the way in the 2019 RPAC campaign Platinum R $10,000 Dorothy Botsoe, Dorothy Jensen Realty Inc., White Plains Richard Haggerty, Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, Inc. Nancy Kennedy, Houlihan Lawrence Inc., Croton-on-Hudson Paul Kennedy,…
Read MoreRPAC Happy Hour, Hudson Grille Bistro, White Plains, July 25, 2019
August 2019From left, Derick King, NYSAR; Crystal Hawkins Syska and Rich Herska, HGAR RPAC Committee Co-Chairs; Ann Garti, HGAR COO; and Richard Haggerty, HGAR CEO From left; Bob Shandley, HGAR Global Council Co-Chair; Ron Garafalo, HGAR President; Richard Haggerty, HGAR CEO; and Gary Connolly, HGMLS Director From left, Sarah Hughes, Carol Christiansen, Terri Crozier and Roseann…
Read MoreCID Panel Discussion: 'The New Rent Laws, What Happens Now,' Aug. 7, 2019
August 2019From left, Eliezer Rodriguez Esq., BMNAR CEO; and Richard Haggerty, HGAR CEO More than 100 commercial and residential real estate professionals heard a rather sobering outlook of what the recently enacted new rent control regulations enacted by the State Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo will have on the region’s real…
Read MoreHGAR’s Haggerty Makes the Case for a Unified Listing System
August 2019NEW YORK—Inaccurate data is the major driver of financial and time drains for residential real estate professionals, according to Richard Haggerty, CEO of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, Inc., and president of the New York MLS, LLC. That’s why the time has come for a unified Multiple Listing Service in New York, he noted.…
Read MoreHGAR to Hold First-Ever Education Forums At White Plains, Goshen on Set. 20, Oct. 23
August 2019WHITE PLAINS—The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors will hold its first-ever Education Forum at its corporate headquarters in White Plains on September 20 and a similar forum on October 23 at its Goshen office. The forums will be part of HGAR’s “Breakfast with Benefits” series, which offer free information seminars to HGAR members. Moderated by…
Read MoreHGAR Accounting Coordinator Warncke Retires After 26 Years with the Association
August 2019WHITE PLAINS—Leah Warncke, who has served as HGAR’s accounting coordinator since 1993, retired at the end of June after serving 26 years with the association. When Warncke began her position with the former Westchester County Board of Realtors, there were just 3,000 members. Today, HGAR has almost 12,000 members and continues to grow. She has…
Read MoreSeptember 2019 Featured Classes
August 2019Check out HGAR's class offerings for the month of September
Read More2019 HGAR RPAC Honor Roll: August
August 20192019 HGAR RPAC HONOR ROLL as recorded by NYSAR to August 2019 Thank you to the following Members who are leading the way in the 2019 RPAC campaign Platinum R $10,000 Dorothy Botsoe, Dorothy Jensen Realty Inc., White Plains Richard Haggerty, Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, Inc. Nancy Kennedy, Houlihan Lawrence Inc., Croton-on-Hudson Paul Kennedy,…
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August 2019SEPTEMBER September 6 Breakfast with Benefits | Your Retirement on YOUR Terms and YOUR Time! HGAR White Plains, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM September 11 HGAR Board of Directors HGAR White Plains, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM September 16 Broker/Owner/Manager Meeting | Do's and Don'ts on Realtor Safety Policies HGAR White Plains, 9:30 AM – 11:30…
Read MoreSPOTLIGHT ON: Phyllis Lerner
August 2019From ‘Hummel’ Beginnings To a Successful Career Phyllis Lerner is a successful Realtor and also one of five Broker/Owners of William Raveis Legends Realty Group in Briarcliff, Tarrytown and Irvington. She is HGAR’s Education Council Chair and is very active with the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation. However, a little-known fact about this Pocantico Hills resident…
Read MoreHGAR New Members - July
August 2019Welcome our July 2019 New Members
Read More2019 HGAR RPAC Honor Roll: July
July 20192019 HGAR RPAC HONOR ROLL as recorded by NYSAR to July 2019 Thank you to the following Members who are leading the way in the 2019 RPAC campaign Platinum R $10,000 Dorothy Botsoe, Dorothy Jensen Realty Inc., White Plains Richard Haggerty, Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, Inc. Nancy Kennedy, Houlihan Lawrence Inc., Croton-on-Hudson Paul Kennedy,…
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July 2019JULY July 24 WCR Member/Strategic Partner Appreciation Cocktail Party The Briarcliff Manor, Briarcliff Manor, 5:30PM – 8:30PM July 25 RPAC | Happy Hour at Hudson Grille Hudson Grille, White Plains, 4:30PM – 7:00PM July 26 Breakfast with Benefits | Social Media Boot Camp AM HGAR White Plains, 9:00AM – 11:30PM Breakfast with Benefits | Social…
Read MoreHG Realtor Foundation Pub Night at the Hudson Water Club, West Haverstraw July 16, 2018
July 2019Realtors entering the Hudson Water Club in Haverstraw for the Pub Night event. From left, Jeffrey Farnell, Maryann Tercasio and HGAR President Ron Garafalo From left (top row) Jeanne Shields, Phyllis Lerner; (bottom row) Bonnie Koff, Ralph Gabay From left, Bartenders Dianne DeFalco-Maher and Melissa Grillo From left, Russ Woolley, Jennifer Mallory, Richard Herska and…
Read MoreSPOTLIGHT ON: Roseann Paggiotta
July 2019The Long and Winding Road to Real Estate Roseann Paggiotta, associate broker with Houlihan Lawrence’s Yonkers office, is gearing up to take over the New York State Women’s Council of Realtors presidency for 2020. A longtime member of both the local and state WCR organizations, Paggiotta served as secretary for New York’s WCR in 2017,…
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