New York Post mocks NXIVM lawsuit and changes in store for NXIVM clubhouse.

The New York Post ridiculed and mocked NXIVM and its second in command Nancy Salzman today on Page Six called
'Cult' funded by Bronfman girls sues Continental for losing laptop {Here}

The short story while breaking no new ground brings the NXIVM follies to a wide audience. I enjoy the way the Post treats these scumbags with utter disdain.

In other news, alert neighbors informed me that there is some construction taking place at the NXIVM clubhouse in Halfmoon, the old Romano’s Pasta Palace. Seems the old sign is finally coming down. The cultists were given a building permit in March for an unspecified Sign change. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the old pasta palace. Sources tell me, Raniere{Vanguard} has big plans to convert it into his longed for library and recording studio. “Fluffy” the Mexican videographer has been recording the Master’s daily activities and rituals for prosperity for quite some time now. Raniere is obsessed with having his everyday activities recorded and cataloged. Telling his slavish followers if only “Jesus had left a video” The central “tribute” demanded of his followers at this year V-Week was for large cash contributions to fund the project.

Romano’s was originally purchased by Barb Bouchey in June 2006 for $650,000 who quickly filed plans with the town to divide the property into four offices, a public office space, a reception area and cafe.
NXIVM tried to build a headquarters in Halfmoon a few years before 2006 off Woodin Road, not far from Romano's, but the project faced overwhelming opposition from town residents. They later had NXIVM board member Pamela Cafritz and then NXIVM Regional Vice President Barbara Bouchey act as Proxy buyers for the cult to obtain the defunct pasta palace. There plans were shot down by Halfmoon officers who refused to rezone the restaurant to a learning center. Since then NXIVM insiders have told me that extensive undocumented renovations have taken place inside the building.
But NXIVM never let a few zoning violations get in the way of the Master’s plans and have continued to hold alleged illegal gathering and classes at the establishment.

The building is now owned by
NXV Trust
5 Southside Dr
STE 285
Clifton Park NY 12065
Property Class: Restaurant
1475 Route 9
278.4-2-35
Full Market Value: $571,695.00
In a Halfmoon planning board meeting in January 2010
The Town took up the sign plan. NXIVM also never mentioned the library or recording studio or classrooms
New Business:
09.102 NB Apropos, 1475 Route 9 – Change of Tenant & Sign
(Formerly Romano’s Restaurant)Mr. Kevin Mickels stated the following: I am representing Apropos for a change of tenant and sign application. The primary reason for tonight’s request is for a sign to go up over the entrance door on the existing façade of the small entryway. The sign lettering would state “Apropos” on the entry door as well as a name change from what was formerly known as Romano’s to Apropos.
Mr. Kevin Mickels stated the following: I am representing Apropos for a change of tenant and sign application. The primary reason for tonight’s request is for a sign to go up over the entrance door on the existing façade of the small entryway. The sign lettering would state “Apropos” on the entry door as well as a name change from what was formerly known as Romano’s to Apropos.
The Planning Department’s topics stated the following regarding the sign application for Apropos:
Sign -Apropos
Sign Size: 14.04 SF
Sided: one-sided Two-sided
Sign Dimensions: 1.8 ft x 7.8 ft
Location of Sign: above entrance way
Lighted: Internal Flood
Mr. Watts stated that is for the sign and I believe you have an application for changing hours in your change of tenant application. Mr. Mickels stated the following: Yes. Also, our previous approval had been from 6:00 am to midnight for our hours of operation and our new proposal is to allow the hours of operation for food service and beverage service only beyond those hours to allow for a 24 hour service. There would be no live music, no outdoor activities or anything else. It would be just a place where people could access the Internet and have coffee, sandwiches and such on a 24-hour basis. Mr. Berkowitz asked are you open right now? Mr. Mickels stated the restaurant is serving food but it has not been advertised and they don’t have a sign up. People are going in but it isn’t really an open to the public thing yet. There have been people in there using it, different people have gone in and had birthday parties and there are functions that are happening that are restaurant functions. Mr. Berkowitz asked do you have an operating kitchen right now? Mr. Mickels stated the following: Yes and we have all of the Health Department approvals. We will also inform the Health Department of the name change and our hours of operation change also. Mr. Watts stated I see from your application that you did not indicate permits required from any other agencies and you did not put down the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH); you do require it and I asked; do you have all the permits required? Mr. Mickels stated the following: We have all permits, we are approved, we have occupancy from the Town and we also have operating Health Department permits for an open and operating restaurant. The only modification that we would need to do to that is to inform them of the name change and the hours change. Mr. Watts stated okay and could you make sure that you bring your permits from the NYSDOH to our office. Mr. Mickels stated yes. Mr. Berkowitz asked is there any outdoor activity? Mr. Mickels stated the following: No. The plans that we previously submitted for the sunrooms and the rooftop deck they’re holding off on right now because of the slow economy and there are no plans to go forward with that at this time.

The only activities outside are parking. Mr. Berkowitz stated you would have to come in front of this Board before you actually attempt to put a deck on the roof or on the building. Mr. Mickels stated absolutely because that has been shelved for right now. Mr. Watts stated you have said that there is no music. Mr. Mickels stated the following: There may be some music on the inside; the Jen Chapin Trio from New York City. Jen Chapin is Harry Chapin’s daughter and two other musicians came in and performed a couple of weeks ago on a Saturday evening.
There is music sometimes on the inside with different acapella groups who have come in and sung and things while there are birthday parties going on or something like that.
We don’t plan on doing anything late and I believe I put on the application “no later than 1:00 am” and also we don’t have anything planned for outside or open door policy for while the music is operating because we want to be very sensitive to our neighbors and we do not want to disrupt them. Mr. 01/11/2010 Planning Board Meeting Minutes 3

Roberts asked are you saying that the Internet café is 24 hours a day but the restaurant is not 24 hours a day. Mr. Mickels stated the following: The Internet café is 24 hours a day and the restaurant will operate 24 hours a day; my intent in that statement was that we will not be playing music all night long. We will be offering Internet service, coffee, sandwiches and a lot of it is going to be like a self-service vegetarian bar with no meat. It is all healthy food and you can make your own pizzas, your own sandwiches and there would be coffee and tea served and things like that but no alcohol.
Mr. Roberts asked would there be a free-standing sign like there used to be or would you just have a sign on the building itself? Mr. Mickels stated we removed the stand and the sign out by the street, we don’t have any plans to put one out there and that was State Department property anyway.
Mr. Berkowitz made a motion to approve the change of tenant and sign application for Apropos. Mr. Ruchlicki seconded. Motion carried.