Sylvia Kumar lowers price on Upper Brookville estate

The price has been lowered on La Selva, the 24.3-acre Upper Brookville estate owned by Sylvia Kumar, wife of imprisoned former Computer Associates chief Sanjay Kumar.

The 40-room villa, once used by the Roman Catholic Church as the St. Francis Retreat House, was purchased by Sylvia Kumar in 2001 for $6.75 million. It was put on the market in June 2007 for $17 million. The price for the estate is now $14.5 million, according to the Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty Web site.

The Italian Renaissance mansion was built in 1915 for investor Henry Sanderson, and the gardens were laid out by the Olmstead Brothers landscapers. The home is across from the Planting Fields Arboretum. There are seven bedrooms, 7 ½ baths, eight fireplaces and a seven-car garage, according to the listing. Annual taxes are $77,612.