NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 16, 2026) — When Larchmont muralist Peter Leeds went to Robert Rubicco seeking payment on a court judgment, Rubicco told him to “come back with the Sheriff.” Court records from an earlier case show that is exactly what Mancino Custom Tailors did — and it worked.
Records filed with the Westchester County Clerk show that the Westchester County Sheriff seized funds from Rubicco’s account at Signature Bank, 360 Hamilton Ave., White Plains, to satisfy a $1,343.14 judgment obtained by Mancino Custom Tailors of Larchmont. The execution document is stamped “Satisfied in Full” and signed by P.O. Christopher Barnett of the Westchester County Sheriff’s Office. The Westchester County Clerk recorded the satisfaction on April 16, 2019.
Rubicco did not voluntarily pay the judgment. The funds were seized.
The underlying judgment, Index No. CC-002018-18/NR, was entered against Rubicco by New Rochelle City Court on Nov. 14, 2018, after Rubicco failed to appear for a hearing on a claim by Mancino Custom Tailors — operating as 1931 A Palmer Ave Corp — that Rubicco had stopped payment on a check for a custom-made suit while keeping the merchandise.
After the default judgment was entered, Mancino filed a transcript of the judgment with the Westchester County Clerk on Jan. 14, 2019, a required step under New York law before a sheriff can enforce a judgment. Mancino then obtained a Supreme Court execution directing the sheriff to satisfy the judgment from Rubicco’s real and personal property, naming Signature Bank as garnishee and directing it to turn over “any and all accounts for the Defendant.”
In a Jan. 24, 2019, letter to Acting City Court Judge Anthony A. Carbone, Rubicco complained that “my bank account got levied due to a default judgement” and asked the court to reopen the case, claiming the tailor had agreed to fix or replace the suit and drop the claim. The court scheduled a motion to restore the case to arbitration for Feb. 27, 2019. An arbitrator again found for the plaintiff in the amount of $1,305, and a second judgment was entered that day for $1,337.14. The Signature Bank seizure, recorded as satisfied April 16, 2019, followed.
The case illustrates the enforcement steps available to judgment creditors in New York when a debtor refuses to pay voluntarily — steps that Leeds, who obtained a $5,000 small claims judgment against Rubicco and his wife Christina Rubicco in White Plains City Court in August 2025, was pursuing as of December 2025. As previously reported by Talk of the Sound, when Leeds went to Rubicco seeking payment on that judgment, Rubicco told him to come back with the Sheriff.
Editor’s note: On July 9, 2026, Robert Cox was served with four plenary summonses issued by the Irish High Court (Record Nos. 3331, 3337, 3338, and 3339/2026P) by Sheehan & Partners LLP on behalf of Rubicco-associated LLCs. Talk of the Sound continues reporting on matters of public record.
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