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Channel 4 I-Team: Potential Scandal Brews in Rockland County Over Contaminated Soil in Public Park
In a special report by Sarah Wallace on Channel 4 News, Ramapo’s indicted Supervisor has been linked to a toxic pile next to a public park and almost a half-million in unaccounted for funds. Click on either image or here for the video coverage.
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The classroom building at the Bais Yaakov Elementary School on the old Edwin Gould Property in Chestnut Ridge (Photo: Mark Vergari/The Journal News
“Owners of the property where a religious school began operating without village approvals in 2016 has come to an agreement with Rockland County over fines, inspections and the use of dormitories.
But the school still lacks approvals and permits as it continues to operate, and the village maintains it should be shuttered until they are granted.
Chestnut Ridge Ventures, the owner of the former Edwin Gould property where Bais Yaakov Elementary School of Rockland County operates, agreed to a $1,000 fine and a timetable to complete inspections, among other things, Rockland Executive Ed Day said in a statement released Monday. [Read more…]
Rendering of Minisceongo townhouses Photo: Tania Savayan/The Journal News
“The developers of the former Minisceongo Golf Club are revealing portions of their vision for creating a townhouse community with as many as 700 units on more than 140 acres off Pomona Road.
Joseph Kazarnovsky and Mark Mandelbaum are rolling out their plans in a way they hope will ameliorate concerns through what they say is a process that’s more transparent than their less popular predecessors elsewhere in town.
The developers acknowledge their Millers Pond concept has stirred suspicion in an area where residents complain that development proposals appear to be one thing but too often turn out to be another. The former golf club is just a mile from Palisades Credit Union Park and close to the borders of the villages of Pomona and New Hempstead. [Read more…]