“A Spring Valley building official has testified in court that the mayor directed him to issue a certificate of occupancy for a school at 50 Commerce St., despite the official’s concerns that safety inspections weren’t completed. [Read more…]
Absolutely Ridiculous: Ramapo Police Chief Brower’s Salary Higher than James Comey, Director of the FBI
“Ramapo Police Chief Peter Brower retired in September as the highest-paid local government employee, a report Wednesday said. Brower, after 45 years of service, earned $369,088 in the fiscal year that ended March 31, according to the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank in Albany. Brower topped the top 50 list of highest paid local workers. The list included 40 police officers, and 24 of them worked for Nassau County. Ramapo Capt. Thomas Cokeley ranked seventh on the list at $274,143 last fiscal year.” Read the Journal News story here.
Rockland: Underground Pipelines Proposed for Ramapo, Hillburn
“A fuel transfer company is proposing to construct a pair of underground oil pipelines that would carry crude oil through a wooded area of Ramapo and Hillburn. Rockland County Executive Ed Day and at least one Ramapo official say they are concerned about the proposal.”This proposed Pilgrim dual pipeline route really looks horrible coming down the Ramapo Valley so close to the Ramapo River and going through wetlands,” Ramapo’s environmental consultant, Geoff Welch said. “The potential spill risk is unacceptable.” Read the complete story here.
Seeking Peace with Neighbors, KJ Group Finds Confrontation at Home
Kiryas Joel committee criticizes village leadership and its annexation of Monroe
By Yvonne Marcotte, Epoch Times | December 2, 2015
Members of a group of ultra orthodox Hasidic Jews living in Kiryas Joel who criticize the village’s annexation of Monroe claim they are being suppressed. Members of the Kiryas Joel Committee for Peace and Harmony spoke to The Epoch Times on Nov. 26 about their differences with village government. [Read more…]
Ramapo in Talks Over Illegal Shortcut
“The town is negotiating a potential settlement in a dispute over an illegal shortcut built on town-owned property in a rapidly growing subdivision in an unincorporated area of Ramapo. But what’s in the agreement remains to be seen. Neighbors of the illuminated walkway which connects driveways of 1 Neva Court and 9 Quince Lane over a piece of land-locked, town-owned woods say they became aware of the 300-foot paved shortcut about one and a half years ago after strangers started appearing in their quiet residential streets, looking for the path. They urged town officials to take action against the illegal tree cutting and the walkway’s construction.” Complete Journal News story here.
Ramapo’s Subterranean Budget Approval Process
Obvious efforts were made to keep the process as far from public view as possible. The Town Clerk’s Office failed to honor Freedom of Information Act requests for copies of the proposed budget in time for the meeting to which the public had been invited to participate in a public discussion of that budget. The meeting time had been changed, and it was inconveniently scheduled for the day after the election, November 4. But it didn’t really matter because without the numbers–projected taxes, debt payments, salary increases–what was there the public could add to the discussion? The few who were present did ask questions, but those were summarily dismissed by Supervisor St. Lawrence, manager-in-charge of Ramapo’s mole-tunnel democracy: “We’re here to listen,” he said, “not to answer questions.” [Read more…]
Mayor Pledged to Vote Against Jewish Development Projects
“Mayor Demeza Delhomme pledged to vote against all building permit applications by Jewish developers to retaliate against Jews for supporting political opponents, according to a secretly recorded conversation obtained exclusively by The Journal News. Asked whether he would vote against, “anything a Jew brings,” Delhomme replied, “Yes,” during a conversation recorded last March at Village Hall. [Read more…]
Ramapo Yeshiva Lawsuit Seeks Epic Changes
“Filed by a public interest law firm on behalf of seven unnamed plaintiffs who fear retaliation from their communities if they go public, the complaint takes aim at the state, the East Ramapo school district and four Hasidic yeshivas for failing to provide male students with basic secular studies such as English and mathematics. [Read more…]
Assemblyman Says Spring Valley’s Delhomme Interfered in Yeshiva
“A state assemblyman says Mayor Demeza Delhomme twice interfered with an assistant village building inspector by pressuring him to allow a yeshiva to be occupied without safety inspections, then ordering him to change a memo documenting that he’d interfered. Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, D-New City, said the mayor’s chief concern should be residents’ safety and his alleged actions put students at risk. “The facts, as presented, suggest to me the mayor’s office was involved in changing the memo,” said Zebrowski, who has raised the issue with the New York secretary of state. “If somebody used their influence to change an official document then, in my opinion, it borders on criminal,” he added.” Complete Journal story here.
United Water in Rockland, Westchester now named Suez
“The change is the latest in a progression that has seen Rockland’s major water supplier go from Spring Valley Water to Hackensack Water and then United Water. Suez, which dates from 1858, purchased the company 15 years ago, Madden said. The company has been trying to repair its reputation in Rockland after the state Public Service Commission nixed its plans to build a desalination plant and ordered it to improve its relationship with the community. [Read more…]
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