Jeff Lewis

A local organization has bought a home in Clarkstown with the goal of promoting Universal Design for housing. Universal Design encourages homes that are accessible to all people despite physical limitations some may suffer from. Carlos Martinez is the CEO and Executive Director of BRIDGES, and he says the house located at 4 Ann Street in New City will serve as their flagship project showcasing the principles of Universal Design…

Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann says it’s great concept for those that struggle in a too-frequently un-accommodating world…

Real Estate broker Naomi Streicher of Q Home Sales in New City says many homes today are built with people with disabilities in mind…

The New City home will be upgraded and then opened for educational events, tours, and workshops to demonstrate the Universal Design concepts.

A New City man and a California resident have been charged with a hate crime after a UPS delivery man was assaulted Saturday in Montebello. Ramapo Police Chief Dan Hyman says 31 year-old Yitzchok Zucker of New City and 31 year-old Moshe Pepper of Mad River, California, are both accused of striking the driver with a water bottle and attacking him as he was making deliveries on Spook Rock Road in Montebello around 4:40 Saturday afternoon. Chief Hyman says they used racial slurs and tried to steal the keys to his delivery truck. The driver was not identified. Zucker and Pepper both face attempted robbery and attempted assault as hate crimes. The two were arraigned, released without bail, and are due back in Montebello Justice Court September 4th.

Rockland’s Congressman went on the offensive Friday, calling his November opponent anti-police and his record on police matters “radical.” GOP Congressman Mike Lawler of the Hudson Valley’s 17th district said former Congressman, Democrat Mondaire Jones, has supported letting cop-killers and murderers vote from prison and advocated funding be taken from police departments…

At the press conference in Nanuet Friday, Rockland County PBA president Larry Ayers said he and his colleagues are tired of what he called “ridiculous laws” that make it harder for them to do their jobs…

Larry Ayers “…in this state and country.” :11

Meanwhile, former Congressman Mondaire Jones, who is running against Lawler this November, says while he tries to paint him as anti-cop, it’s Lawler who has failed to back the blue. In a statement, Jones criticized Lawler for supporting former president Donald Trump, who Jones noted is a convicted felon who incited the January 6th insurrection, during which a Capitol Police officer died, and others were injured, and whose attackers Trump has promised to pardon.