The chief of the Montvale Fire Department was reportedly arrested Saturday night after crashing into a tree while driving drunk. News 12 reports Ramapo police charged Charles Lydon with aggravated DWI after he crashed his fire vehicle on Schoolhouse Road in Chestnut Ridge.
Stony Point Looks to Bring Unique Green Project to Former Tilcon Quarry in Tompkins Cove
The town of Stony Point could become home for a unique green project that could take two decades to complete. Supervisor Jim Monaghan says the project by a company called Hudson River Resources would take discarded rock from other projects and fill up the old Tilcon quarry in Tompkins Cove that’s been closed since 2012 and turn it into green space…
This would be the largest project of its kind in the state. Monaghan says it would create about 40 local jobs and since rocks would come up by barge, area roadways wouldn’t be impacted.
Two Rockland Men Arrested on Drug Charges
Two Rockland men are behind bars after being arrested on drug charges Friday. Orangetown police say 71 year-old Leonard Cozart of Nyack and 46 year-old Gregory Diaz of Valley Cottage were charged with criminal possession of controlled substance with intent to sell after police found crack cocaine and cash in Cozart’s apartment. Both were being held at the Rockland County Jail.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Urges Passage of Family Act
The U.S. is the only industrialized country in the world that doesn’t guarantee some form of paid leave. That’s according to New York’s junior U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who re-introduced the Family Act last week. Gillibrand says the bill would give every American worker access to paid family and medical leave …
The Washington Examiner says support for paid family leave among Republicans is growing. Gillibrand has said she would like to sit with the president and discuss the bill, suggesting that that paid family leave was both “pro-family” and “pro-workers.”
Report: Spring Valley Mayor Disbarred as Attorney
Alan Simon, the mayor of Spring Valley, has been disbarred as an attorney. Lohud.com reported a state Supreme Court Appellate Division released its decision Wednesday, and it is effective immediately. The move cites the State Commission on Judicial Conduct recommendation that Simon be removed as a judge in Spring Valley and Ramapo in 2016. Simon has been an attorney since December 1968. Simon could not be reached for comment. His removal as an attorney does not affect his position as mayor.