“A single-family house owned by a religious organization and being used illegally as a rooming house caught fire with up to 21 people living amid multiple fire and safety violations, according to fire officials Monday. The house owned by Mosdos…
These are the unofficial election results posted by the Rockland County Board of Elections (Nov 9). State Assembly 98th District / Bruce Levine 5,539 Karl Brabenec 9,355 W State Assembly 97th District / Eudson Tyson Francois 11,713 John W. McGowan 23,693 W…
PRESERVE RAMAPO ENDORSES: State Assembly 98th District / Bruce Levine State Assembly 97th District / Eudson Tyson Francois State Assembly 96th District / Brett Yagel and Ken Zebrowski (see below) Suffern Village Trustees / Steve Alpert and Fred Sauberman Suffern…
New12 has a program Tuesday night, November 1st, at 7 pm regarding the dismal enforcement of Building and Fire codes in Rockland and beyond. The information gathered from CUPON and The Illegal Housing Taskforce by Tara Rosenblum, the reporter covering…
A new public hearing on the map proposed by the Redistricting Committee for the new Rockland County Legislature has been rescheduled for Nov. 1st. A public hearing had been scheduled for Oct. 19, but when we showed up on that…
From Michael Parietti/Preserve Ramapo: Rockland County Legislature Redistricting Committee Unveils Its Proposed Map for the Legislature. Once again it is not fairly drawn. Public Hearing on the proposed map is set for Wed. Oct. 19th, 7:00 PM at the Rockland…
Office of Building and Codes Director Edward Markunas A Kennedy Drive property owner who challenged Rockland government’s right to prosecute fire and safety violations settled a lawsuit against the county. The Manhattan-based owner agreed to pay a $25,000 fine to cover more…
East Ramapo’s state monitors have repeatedly warned that the school district is teetering on a “fiscal cliff.” A $40 million hole looms for this year’s budget, and if it’s not fixed in time, the district faces dire consequences. For the…
By Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal The New York Times Sept. 11, 2022 New York’s Hasidic Jewish religious schools have benefitted from $1 billion in government funding in the last four years but are unaccountable to outside for oversight.…
Editorial by Peter Harckham Special to the USA TODAY Network “Our streams and fragile clean drinking water sources are essential to the health of our residents and the shared prosperity in our communities. We need to protect these important waterways…
