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A shooting over the weekend at a home on a usually quiet cul-de-sac in Clarkstown has the supervisor looking to beef up the town’s rules regarding rental properties. The house at the center of the incident on Turnberry Court in New City sold just last month and was, police say, being used as a rental property. Orangetown supervisor Teresa Kenny says in Orangetown they have a landlord rental registry, but no restriction on Air B&Bs. Kenny says she’d rather not put too many restrictions on homeowners…

Clarkstown’s supervisor says homeowners have to join a registry in order to rent their homes out. In Stony Point, supervisor Jim Monaghan says they had trouble with a few homes last year, but they changed their laws to ban short-term rentals, and instead rentals now have to be a minimum of 30 days…

Ann Zeilingold is Vice President of FM Home Loans in New City, and says while she owns two properties and rents them as Air B&Bs, she’s glad she’s not living next door to one, but she doesn’t think municipalities should overreact…

Four Brooklyn men and a juvenile were arrested early Saturday afternoon in New City after multiple gunshots were fired. There were no injuries. If you have information or video of the incident, Clarkstown Police ask you to contact them at 845-639-5840.

Another vote has been set for next week following Tuesday’s failure by the legislature to authorize the county executive’s spending plan to create an office of Building and Codes to take over that function for the village of Spring Valley. While the law passed unanimously, three legislators left the meeting early so the vote on the budget stalled. Justin Schwartz heads up the Rockland Illegal Housing Task Force, and he called on the three to resign, calling their actions “failed justice for Jared Lloyd” and a slap in the face of every county volunteer firefighter and Rockland resident…

Rockland County Executive Ed Day says a Declaration of Procurement Emergency may be needed to let the County’s Director of Purchasing release the funding required to hire building inspectors and code enforcement officials…

Callers to “The Morning Show” yesterday said they were disturbed by what they perceived to be the legislators’ lack of concern for Rocklanders’ safety…

The Legislature put out a statement late yesterday afternoon, and said of the three legislators who left the meeting early, Ramapo’s Alden Wolfe was given permission to be excused early for a personal matter, Clarkstown’s Aney Paul said she had technical issues during the meeting, and Ramapo’s Toney Earl had undergone a medical procedure earlier in the day, but was able to sign-in to vote to create the office, but not on the budget. WRCR reached out to them for further comment, but we did not hear back. The state-authorized move to take over the village building department comes in the wake of last year’s fatal fire at the Evergreen Adult Home in which a resident and Spring Valley firefighter Jared Lloyd were killed. Two former Spring Valley building department employees and four others have been charged in connection with the blaze.

The Rockland County Legislature voted unanimously last night to establish an Office of Building and Codes to take over inspections in Spring Valley, but apparently the department didn’t get the funding the county executive proposed for it. The Journal News says three legislators — Aney Paul, Alden Wolfe and Toney Earl — left the meeting before a vote on the budget could take place. We’ve reached out to the legislature and legislature chairman Jay Hood but have not yet heard back. The Journal News says Hood plans to hold special meetings and get the vote done in time for the February 14th deadline for the takeover. The state-authorized move comes in the wake of last year’s fatal fire at the Evergreen Adult Home in Spring Valley in which one resident was killed and Spring Valley firefighter Jared Lloyd also died. Two former Spring Valley building department employees and four others have been charged in connection with the blaze.

A shooting over the weekend at a home on a usually quiet cul-de-sac in Clarkstown has some questioning the rules regarding rental properties. The house at the center of the incident on Turnberry Court in New City sold just last month and was, police say, being used as a rental property. Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann says when homeowners want to rent their homes out, they need to register with the town, and perhaps those laws need to be tightened up…

Real Estate broker Naomi Streicher of Q Home Sales in Pomona says government should leave homeowners alone…

Four Brooklyn men and a juvenile were arrested early Saturday afternoon after multiple gunshots were fired outside the house. There were no injuries reported. The charges against the suspects range from attempted murder, criminal use of a firearm and reckless endangerment. If you have information or video of the incident, Clarkstown Police ask you to contact them at 845-639-5840.

Four Brooklyn men and a juvenile were arrested early Saturday afternoon after a shooting in Clarkstown. Police say they responded to reports of multiple gunshots fired outside 3 Turnberry Court in New City. When officers arrived, they saw a Black Mercedes fleeing the scene. Clarkstown Police Detective Norman Peters says they caught up to the Mercedes a short time later after it hit utility pole at Collyer Avenue and South Little Tor Road…

Rockland Sheriff’s Deputies helped nab the other four suspects, and recovered four handguns. The homeowners weren’t at their home at the time, police say it had been rented out to an unidentified third party. There were no injuries reported. The charges range from attempted murder, criminal use of a firearm and reckless endangerment. The four adult suspects were arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court and sent to the Rockland County Jail on $150,000 cash bail. The juvenile was arraigned in Haverstraw Justice Court. Clarkstown police ask if you have information or video of the incident, contact them at 845-639-5840.