André Leon Talley

So saddened by the death of André Leon Talley,  the onetime Vogue editor and “pharaoh of fabulosity,” who died of a heart attack Jan. 18 at age 73.

EDITOR’S LETTER

January is the month of beginnings. And what better way to kick-start the new year than with start-ups and entrepreneurs and those who help them — financial advisers and lawyers.

Helping ‘vetrepreneurs’ achieve their dreams

For our veterans and their families – who often face profound medical as well as financial adjustments to civilian life – embracing entrepreneurship isn’t always easy to do. Now Iona College is helping to give them a leg up as part of a multimillion-dollar federal pilot program.

Ensuring your biz survives you

“Regardless of your level of wealth, you should have an estate plan,” says Bridget J. Crawford, who teaches federal income taxation; estate and gift taxation; and wills, trusts and estates at Pace University in White Plains, where she is the university distinguished professor of law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law. If you own a business, or are thinking of starting one, she adds, that includes a plan of succession.

Security in style

What makes Robert Siegel Architects – which has a new storefront office in Katonah – different is its accessible yet secure designs for the U.S. and foreign governments.