For the second time in two weeks, Rockland high schoolers were involved in a fatal car accident that police officials believe involved alcohol. Clarkstown Police say a 16 year-old Clarkstown North High School boy was killed in a three-car accident on Congers Road in New City, right by the High School. Four others were injured, three of them were taken to area hospitals. The driver of one of the cars, 18 year-old Alan Mendoza has been charged with DWI, Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, and other charges. He was arraigned and taken to the Rockland County Jail awaiting a future court date. Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann says the school district’s grief counselors are available. The Journal News says school district officials identified the victim as Vladyslav Hvalyk, a junior at Clarkstown North. Visitation for Vladyslav will be held Wednesday afternoon at Higgins Funeral Home in New City. Funeral Mass will be Thursday morning at St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Church in Spring Valley. If you have information on the accident, contact the Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau at 845-639-5840. Suffern High School sophomore Jacqueline Zangrilli was killed in a car crash last month in Montebello. The 17 year-old at the wheel in that accident has been charged with manslaughter, DWI, vehicular manslaughter and other felonies.
Local Broadway Producer Calls NYS Plans to Re-open Broadway, “Ambitious”
A local Tony award-winning Broadway producer says the planned 100% re-opening of the “Great White Way” this September is “ambitious.” WRCR’s Market Analyst Ken Mahoney of Mahoney Asset Management in Chestnut Ridge says larger more established shows like “The Lion King” or “Hamilton” will have an easier time re-starting at first, but there’s more to it than just raising the curtains…
Three innocent bystanders including a 4-year-old girl were shot in Times Square Saturday afternoon. The Associated Press reported all the victims were expected to recover.
COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, the death count remains at 952, unchanged since Tuesday. We’ve got 15 hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 419 active cases. Our total case count is 46,511, that’s 28 more than Friday.
Ramapo Roadwork Repairs Tackling Several Streets
Several Ramapo roadways are getting a makeover this spring. Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht says the work is already underway in some areas, and will continue on schedule for those streets as long as the weather cooperates…
Specht says he will be meeting with state officials in the next few weeks to see what can be done to improve traffic conditions on Route 59.
NYS Legislature Passes Bills to Set and Enforce Hospital and Nursing Home Staff Levels
Two bills passed last week in both the state Senate and Assembly with bipartisan support that would set and enforce adequate nursing staff levels in public and private New York hospitals and nursing homes. Rockland state senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick says understaffing at New York hospitals and nursing homes has been a chronic problem…
New York State Nurses Association president Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez says the pandemic added urgency to finding a solution…
The governor has not said whether he will sign the bills.
New City Man Faces Prison After Pleading Guilty to $46 Million, Decades-Long Fraud Scheme
A New City man faces up to seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to running a $46 Million fraud scheme for decades. The U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said 71 year-old Gabriel Letizia Jr., the owner and executive director of AMA Laboratories, a consumer products testing company in New City, admitted last week to defrauding customers by reporting laboratory test results for panelist testing that was not fully performed. Four former AMA employees had already confessed to their role in the scheme that started in 1987. Letizia will be sentenced in September.