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I-84 in the town of Montgomery was shut down for hours and through the
morning rush yesterday after an unidentified man was shot by a New York
State Trooper. The shooting reportedly followed a police confrontation
with a man who was walking along the highway about a quarter of a mile
away from his car, which was left in the middle of the roadway. State
police say just before two AM, they responded to the disabled vehicle and
encountered a man walking on the shoulder nearby. Police say the 41
year-old was not cooperative and refused to comply with their commands
multiple times. They say the man moved to get in Trooper’s car, and then a
shot was fired. The man was taken to Orange Regional Medical Center where he died. The incident remains under investigation but no weapon has been found.

North Rockland state senator James Skoufis anad Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski held a public hearing yesterday as part of the Senate’s investigation into housing conditions and code enforcement. The investigation has been focusing on Ramapo, Albany, Mount Vernon and Newburgh. Ann Zeilingold is Vice President of FM Home Loans in Pomona, and says the issue of code violations is more widespread than people think…

The public can send written testimony to investigations@nysenate.gov.

Brazilian personal care company Natura & Co has agreed to acquire Avon,
creating the fourth-largest global beauty company. WRCR’s Market Analyst
Ken Mahoney of Mahoney Asset Management says it’s not yet clear what that might mean for the company’s Suffern facility…

The deal is valued at about $3.7 billion. The combined company will have
an estimated $10 billion in revenue. The deal could close early next year.

Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and there will be lots of events
throughout the county to help mark the occasion. In Haverstraw, supervisor
Howard Phillips says the ceremonies begin Monday morning at 9 at
Haverstraw Town Hall on Rosman Road…

Over in Stony Point supervisor Jim Monaghan says Memorial Day starts with a service at Mount Rest Cemetery…

The parade follows beginning at the corner of Jay Street and TenEyck
Street at 9:30 a.m. and that ends with a memorial service at Town Hall
around 10:30. In the Ramapo village of Airmont, they’re holding their
Annual Memorial Day Remembrance on Sunday at Airmont Village Hall starting at 10 am.

If Palisades Center is going to expand it’ll have to get voter approval
first. The mall lost another round in court yesterday. According to the
Journal News, the U.S. District Court in White Plains dismissed the West
Nyack shopping center’s claims that the restrictive covenant preventing
any expansion is a violation of the mall’s 1st and 14th Amendment rights.
The mall first opened in March 1998. Clarkstown residents voted against an
expansion project four years later.