NEW WINDSOR, NY (May 8, 2006) – The general practice law firm of Drake, Loeb, Heller, Kennedy, Gogerty, Gaba & Rodd PLLC was welcomed by commercial real estate development company First Columbia to 555 Hudson Valley Avenue at the New York International Plaza in the Town of New Windsor.

A newly reorganized law firm with almost 200 years of combined legal experience in commercial and business law, municipal, land use & development, as well as all areas of litigation, Drake, Loeb, Heller, Kennedy, Gogerty, Gaba & Rodd PLLC occupies 9,000 square feet of space on the first floor of the 48,000 square foot Class A office building.

“We’re looking forward to being at a convenient location where there is room for the firm to grow,” said firm Partner Richard Drake. “The anticipated completion of the Drury Lane I-84 exit directly into the corporate park in 2007 and close proximity to the Orange County Courthouse will be additional selling points as this firm grows.”

Currently, Drake, Loeb, Heller, Kennedy, Gogerty, Gaba & Rodd PLLC is a firm of nine lawyers and thirteen employees. The firm anticipates rapid growth in the near future and chose the site, which opened in March 2005, because of its ability to accommodate future expansion.

Located adjacent to Stewart International Airport, inside the New York State designated Stewart-Newburgh Empire Zone, New York International Plaza is First Columbia’s premier commercial corporate park. Businesses based in the park include: ENAP, Inc., a 38-year-old lumber and building materials cooperative, Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation, State Farm Insurance, LSI/Lightron, Inc., Mid-Hudson Family Health, Westchester Cardiology, Hudson Valley Imaging, Empire State Development, OxyVita, American Petroleum and McGoey, Hauser & Edsall.