Jeff Lewis

Buy Buy Baby shuttering all of its stores and moving to become an exclusively online retailer less than a year after the bankrupt company tried to reopen some locations with a new parent. WRCR market analyst Ken Mahoney of Mahoney Asset Management in Chestnut Ridge says Buy Buy Baby served a unique niche, but the world is changing…

CNN reported closing sales are already underway at its remaining stores and gift cards will be accepted at locations until October 31st. Buy Buy Baby has locations in Scarsdale and Paramus.

The town of Ramapo, its police department and local fire officials are looking to keep tragedies to a minimum even as state law doesn’t prevent the so-called Monsey Rogue Fire Brigade from responding when called. This, as tragedy was averted last Tuesday after the real volunteer firefighters were called in to save several families that almost succumbed to a carbon monoxide leak in their home that wasn’t properly identified by the brigade. On Friday’s “Who Wants to be a Volunteer” Program, Director of Fire and Emergency Services Chris Kear said last week’s incident happened at a multi-family residence on Phyllis Terrace in Monsey. Kear said, as the Monsey Fire Department and Orange and Rockland Utilities figured out, the dryer wasn’t the problem as the brigade determined…

Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht says they are asking local state representatives to look into getting the state laws changed…

Callers to “The Morning Show” Monday weighed in on the issue, with one noting this appears to happen elsewhere in the state as well…

Kear said the situation has been reported to various state agencies and local leaders. Kurt Mulligan is with the Stony Point Fire Department and said the situation could have been much worse had the residents not had second thoughts about the situation after the Brigade left…

In a statement on Instagram, the brigade, known as the “RCMA,” said they did everything right last Tuesday, and over the last 18 months they have saved countless lives and multiple structures. ‘Specht says he doesn’t expect anything to happen legislatively before the next session begins in January. He also stresses residents should call 911 in case of an emergency, not the brigade.

A Pomona man faces prison time after pleading guilty in federal court of failing to report more than $1 million in revenue from two companies. The Journal News reports 56 year-old Michael Maroff ran General Home Systems Corp., a renovation company, and rental property management company, Monroe Commercial Properties. He reportedly deposited renters’ money into his own accounts over a three-year period. Maroff is scheduled to be sentenced next May, and faces up to three years in federal prison.