• Former Pomona Man Pleads Guilty (Again) to Stealing from Clients, Gets 5+ Years in Prison

    November 20, 2021 by A former Pomona man who claimed to be a financial adviser has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to conning three Westchester residents out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. His victims included two people who lived in his White Plains apartment complex, one was […]

  • Legislature May Have Votes to Approve Takeover of Spring Valley Inspection Duties

    November 19, 2021 by When the legislature votes to authorize the county to temporarily handle fire and safety enforcement in Spring Valley, the head of the minority party expects it to pass. Legislature Minority Leader Lon Hofstein says he believes there are enough votes to approve the measure at the next Legislature meeting… Once the […]

  • NY to Close Six Prisons Across the State as Prison Population Drops

    November 19, 2021 by Six New York state correctional facilities will close next March in a cost-cutting move by the governor as the inmate population declines, that’s according to a report by the Associated Press. The state Department of Corrections says inmates will be sent to other locations, there won’t be any layoffs, and the […]

  • NY Governor Marks Transgender Week

    November 19, 2021 by New York’s governor Tuesday marked Transgender Awareness Week by signing two bills that expand protections for the LGBTQ+ community. Governor Kathy Hochul says there’s also more that can be done to help victims of sex trafficking… Hochul also signed the “Survivors of Trafficking Attaining Relief Together” act, which increases protections for […]

  • Leave the Leaves, or Rake Them to the Curb, but Don’t Put Them in the Street

    November 19, 2021 by Those leaves you’ve been raking out of your yard…you know they shouldn’t supposed to be in the street, right? In some areas you could be fined for putting them in the roadways. Mike Wilson is with Cornell Cooperative Extension in Stony Point and hosts the Storm Water Consortium monthly show here […]

  • Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick hosts over 800 local seniors for first annual “Senior Fair”

    SUFFERN, NY – Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick hosted over 800 local senior citizens at his first annual “Senior Fair” on Thursday, November 18th from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Rockland Community College Eugene Levy Fieldhouse. The event featured around 80 businesses, organizations, and government departments which provided free information and services geared towards senior citizens.  “It […]