The Mental Health Committee of the Rockland Coalition to End the New Jim Crow is holding an online Zoom meeting and Q&A with the South Nyack Grand View police-reform committee tomorrow night. Chief Daniel Wilson says the group is giving a presentation with various recommendations on how law enforcement can shift their response to mental health crises to mental-health responders. Wilson calls this a crucial aspect of police reform. The meeting is open to the public and is being held tomorrow night at 6pm online. For details on how to call-in to the online Zoom meeting, just click here.
Haverstraw Reorganizes and Appoints People to Head up Various Town Boards
The town of Haverstraw held its re-organization meeting last week. Supervisor Howard Phillips says people were appointed and re-appointed to various town boards…
Phillips says they also got the ball rolling on summer activities including concerts and other activities.
Stronger UK Strain of COVID Found in Westchester, Rockland Officials Frustrated with NYS Vaccine Plan
There are now 18 known cases of the stronger UK strain of the COVID-19 virus in New York, the most recent one was found in Westchester. Over the weekend the governor continued to blame the feds for a lack of vaccine here in the state, and on top of that, the state’s website is giving people major headaches when it comes to registering for an appointment. In other parts of the state, North Rockland and Orange County state senator James Skoufis says he hears vials of vaccine are going unused, calling the whole situation “incredibly troublesome”…
Rockland County Executive Ed Day agrees, the state’s website can be confusing…
Day says seniors who are having trouble navigating the website can get help from the Rockland County Office for the Aging. Call them at 845-364-2110. COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, we lost one more to COVID, the total is 806. We’ve got 89 hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 2,786 active cases. Our total case count is 31,061, that’s 291 more than Friday.
Ramapo to Hold Workshop and Potential Vote Wednesday on Northeast Corridor Draft Environmental Document
The town of Ramapo is holding a workshop and could be voting on a draft environmental document that could reset the zoning in the northeast part of the town. That could pave the way for the development of open space for high-density housing and a private school campus. Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht says there’s a range of options that could take place in the Pomona area being considered…
Attorney Susan Shapiro represents the environmental group ROSA, and says what’s been presented thus far, isn’t sufficient…
Ramapo attorney Dennis Lynch says the scoping process has been around for about two years, and they’re only at square one…
Lynch says the different projects’ impact on other parts of town is also being looked at. The northeast corridor includes the old Minisceongo Golf Course, the Striker property off Route 45 in Pomona, and land near the Gracepoint Gospel Church on New Hempstead Road in New City. The Ramapo meeting is being held via zoom Wednesday night at 7pm. We have a link to the info in this news article on our website. ROSA is holding a Zoom meeting tonight at 7pm to discuss this and other projects. Visit ROSA4Rockland.org for more information, or click here.
Spring Valley’s MLK Center to Host Virtual Tribute for Dr. King Day Tonight
Spring Valley’s Martin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center is hosting a free, online event for Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Day tonight. The event, “Honoring the Past, Reflecting on the Present and Dreaming of our Future,” remembers what African-Americans’ ancestors experienced in the past and how their lives have evolved. To register for the event, being held tonight at 6pm, click here, or visit mlkmpc.org.