On May 2, 2025, we were assigned to NYSERDA Contractors Mike Dunleavy and Matiss Riters…read more
We never met Mr. Dunleavy. He was absent. He never came to our home. In his confusion, Mike Dunleavy created a bogus storyline of events based on second-hand information and misinformation from Matiss Riters in an alleged effort to cover up alleged Contractor Negligence and Insurance Fraud.
The primary contractor we worked with was Matiss Riters along with his crew who proceeded to damage three (3) ceilings and one dining room wall in our home.
Mike Dunleavy and Matiss Riters denied responsibility.
The qualified homeowners are now forced to pay another contractor team out-of-pocket to complete the work and correct the damages done by Hudson Valley Energy, Inc.
No Certificate of Insurance was ever provided.
No proof of Work Visas for the crew was ever provided.
Matiss Riters led us to believe the maintenance in our home qualified.
Matiss Riters stated, "This qualifies, but Mike has to approve it."
Instead, Matiss Riters and his crew installed insulation in the attic. During this insulation installation in July, 2025, Matiss Riters and his crew damaged our entire kitchen ceiling and unintentionally blocked the air handler in the attic.
Matiss Riters and his crew came back to our home in August, 2025, to correct and paint the kitchen ceiling, but we can still see the damages through the paint.
On November 4, 2025, the homeowner attempted to perform the quarterly replacement of the air handler filter when he discovered the blockage. The homeowner reported the blockage to Mike Dunleavy the next day on November 5, 2025. Mike Dunleavy acknowledged the report. Six weeks later, the homeowner followed up on the report. Mike Dunleavy apologized profusely, in his own writing, stating he had forgotten about us.
Thereafter, Mike Dunleavy blamed the homeowners for not cutting into the insulation installation to unblock the air handler filter, but a homeowner modifying or altering an installation voids the warranty and contractor liability.
In his own writing, Mike Dunleavy stated he was confused, doubled down on the misinformation from Matiss Riters, attempted to gaslight the homeowners, blameshifted to avoid responsibility, projected the homeowners were trying to scam, then allegedly committed Insurance Fraud by suggesting, in his own writing, that we cover up his Contractor Negligence by filing the damages done by Matiss Riters and his crew as a Homeowners Insurance Claim. This suggestion was given to Mike Dunleavy by John Kulk of Kulk's Plumbing and Heating when John Kulk came to the house to stop the water leak caused by the blockage. John Kulk stated, "If the air handler had been on, the antifreeze would have prevented the damage." John Kulk then advised us to claim the Contractor Negligence on our Homeowners Insurance. John Kulk made the same suggestion to Mike Dunleavy. This suggestion shifts liability from the negligent contractors to the homeowners. This suggestion is Insurance Fraud.
Despite the homeowners being kind and accommodating to these contractors, the contractors took advantage of two disabled people.
The homeowner is a former Hartford Insurance Administrator and qualified New York State Business Ethics teacher. It is our intention to litigate these matters to the fullest extent of the law.
We have discovered circumstantial evidence involving a pattern of consumer harm by Mike Dunleavy and Matiss Riters of Hudson Valley Energy, Inc. slamming insulation installation jobs instead of complying with NYSERDA in reviews under their alternate company name, Better Energy Solutions, Inc.
Mike Dunleavy has served as president for both Better Energy Solutions Inc. and Hudson Valley Energy Inc.
According to his professional profile, his leadership roles at these companies include:
Hudson Valley Energy Inc.: He has served as President since February 2020.
Better Energy Solutions Inc.: He served as President from September 2015 to February 2020.
UPDATE: On May 9, 2026, Martin Bracken of M&B Solutions in Warwick, New York, committed Insurance Fraud when he wrote a fake review for his friends, Mike Dunleavy and Matiss Riters of Hudson Valley Energy, Inc., to cover up their alleged Contractor Negligence and Insurance Fraud.
All statements above are true, verifiable, and protected under the Consumer Review Fairness Act.