A West Haverstraw man died from his injuries after a fire at his Route 9W home yesterday. LoHud.com reported the victim was pronounced dead at Nyack Hospital. He was not identified, as relatives were still being notified. The fire reportedly is not considered suspicious.
Ramapo to Hold Town Asset Review Committee Meeting Tonight
The Town of Ramapo’s Town Asset Review Committee, or TARC, will be holding the first of at least two public meetings tonight to discuss the future of five properties in town. Communications Director Phil Tisi says some of the properties that need further evaluation include the Tilcon Quarry in Suffern, the Hamlets of Ramapo in Hillburn and the Ramapo Cultural Arts Center in Spring Valley…
A caller during Tisi’s segment suggested the request for public input wasn’t going to matter…
The meeting is being held tonight at 7:00 PM at Town Hall.
Parole Board Fails to Seek Input from Lead Detective in LeGeros Case; Didn’t Inform County of Release
The County Executive isn’t happy that Stony Point’s most infamous killer was released on parole last week. Ed Day said the parole board, similarly to the Brinks cases, did not notify him that Bernard LeGeros, the son of a United Nations official, convicted in the 1985 S&M murder of 26-year-old fashion model Eigil Dag Vesti, was set free on Thursday…
Stony Point Supervisor Jim Monaghan told “The Morning Show” Thursday the parole board also didn’t notify or seek input from the lead detective on the case. Monaghan thinks the family still owns the home in town where the murder occurred. Vesti’s decomposing body was found with a leather mask covering his face months after he disappeared. LeGeros had claimed his Manhattan art dealer employer, Andrew Crispo, orchestrated the night of S&M sex and murder. LeGeros had confessed to shooting Vesti in the head, and Crispo was never charged in the case.
Rockland Legislature Leaders Selected
The Rockland County Legislature last week, for the third year in a row, unanimously made Legislator Toney Earl its Chairman and Legislator Nancy Low-Hogan Vice Chair for the 2019 session. The legislature’s 10 Democrats made Legislator Aney Paul the Majority Leader and Legislator Alden Wolfe Deputy Majority Leader. The board’s six Republicans chose Legislator Lon Hofstein as Minority Leader and Legislator Vince Tyer is Deputy Minority Leader.
RBA Chief: Higher Minimum Wages Hurt Small Business
The hourly minimum wage rose in Rockland to $11.10 last week, but the head of a local business organization says as the minimum wage continues to rise, small businesses could get hurt. Al Samuels is the head of the Rockland Business Association, and he says he lobbied in Albany to keep the pace of the increase in Rockland slower than the rest of the metro area…
At the end of this year the hourly minimum wage will go up to $11.80 in Rockland and $12.50 by the end of 2020.