From the Rockland County Business Journal Jan 26, 2025 “HUD says County and Spring Valley Violated a 2018 Voluntary Compliance Agreement That Resolved An Earlier Illegal Housing Complaint; County Says Compliance Was Impossible The United States government, on behalf of…
“An employee of the village of Spring Valley has filed a complaint with New York State Attorney General Letitia James accusing that Village Trustees of mismanagement. In a letter dated January 16, 2024 Frank Youngman, a part time Fire Inspector…
“A Rockland legislative committee discussed when New York state might return building inspections and code enforcement to the Ramapo village during a Tuesday update on the county’s progress aimed at ensuring safe and code-compliant buildings. However, no concrete answers were…
“The owner of the Lake Street house where five people died in a March inferno has been fined more than $30,000 for multiple fire and safety code violations at a neighboring house. The fatal fire in March at 118 Lake…
Editorial by Steven White in The Journal News “A fatal fire occurred in Spring Valley on March 4, but the sequence of events that took the precious lives of five family members began much earlier. Residents of Spring Valley, volunteer firefighters and…
“The five who were killed in an early-morning fire Saturday and those injured were all related, according to information from the Guatemalan Consulate in New York City. They were originally from Jocotán, a town in Chiquimula, Guatemala, and lived on…
“A Rockland County Court judge heard two contrasting descriptions of former Spring Valley Building Inspector Ray Canario during Monday’s opening of his non-jury trial on charges of providing false information to the state concerning village inspections. Prosecutor Michael Dugandzic argued…
“Rockland building inspectors have threatened to remove tenants from a Ridge Avenue apartment house littered with unsafe conditions while levying a nearly $40,000 fine against another landlord for violations of state fire and building codes. The double-barreled enforcement continues a crackdown since…
“A property owner facing dozens of fire and building code violations has demanded a state court prevent the Rockland Office of Building and Codes from prosecuting to force compliance. The legal action claims the county office is not empowered by the state order covering Spring…
“A Poughkeepsie engineering company is suing the village over claims it did not pay thousands of dollars for inspection-related services on multiple housing developments and a house of worship. The Chazen Companies claim the village owes $44,995 for building code reviews on eight…
