A Valley Cottage teen is accused of killing an Illinois man Sunday night in a shooting in Nyack. Orangetown police arrested 18 year-old Collyer Goodman. He faces second degree manslaughter and other charges. Captain James Brown says Goodman and 21 year-old Darien Brydie were in a car at Nyack Plaza when the shooting occurred around 8:24 Sunday night. Brydie had reportedly driven himself to Nyack Hospital. The circumstances that lead to the shooting are under investigation. He was arraigned and sent to the Rockland County jail on $250,000 bail. If you witnessed the incident or have additional information, call the Orangetown Police Department at 845-359-3700.
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Sloatsburg Accident Sends Cyclist to Hospital with Head Injury
Ramapo police are investigating a crash involving a bicyclist and car early yesterday in Sloatsburg. The incident occurred on Orange Turnpike near Liberty Rock Road. Both the driver and cyclist were from Sloatsburg. Police say the cyclist wasn’t wearing a helmet. He was taken to Nyack Hospital by Spring Hill Ambulance with a head injury. No further information was available.
Rockland Brothers Charged by Feds in Alleged Scheme to Bilk Amazon of $19 Million
Four Rockland brothers face decades in federal prison after being accused of creating a sophisticated scheme to rip off online retail giant Amazon to the tune of $19 million. Audrey Strauss, the Acting U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, says Suffern’s Yoel Abraham, Heshl and Zishe Abraham of Spring Valley, and Shmuel Abraham of Airmont were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. Strauss says they put a new twist on an old trick, called “overshipping,” using technology to bilk Amazon for goods they never provided through various wholesale businesses.
Rockland’s County Executive Proposes Temporary Sales Tax Increase, Sale of Sain Building, to Counter Expected Revenue Shortfall and State Cuts
Get ready to pay a higher sales tax, that’s if a proposal by Rockland’s county executive gets approval from the state. Ed Day is calling for a hike of one-half of one percent to the local sales tax to take effect December 1st or shortly thereafter. It would be temporary, lasting for three years. The current sales tax rate in Rockland is 8 and 3/8ths percent, this plan would raise it to 8 and 7/8ths. The increase is necessary to counter the anticipated revenue shortfall and cuts from the state. In addition to the tax increase, Day is calling for the Sain Building in New City to be sold. That could add another half-million in taxes for Clarkstown, the school district and the county. The County Legislature is expected to consider the resolutions at their next session September 1st. The Sain Building has been closed since December 2017.
Rockland Supervisors and Governor Want Answers on O&R Storm Response and Preparation
24 hours after Tropical Storm Isaias marched through Rockland, New York’s governor says he wants answers as to why power restoration is taking so long. The Department of Public Service will look into storm responses by power companies in the state, including Orange and Rockland Utilities. The governor also declared a state of emergency yesterday including Rockland that provides local governments with additional clean-up and operational support. Orangetown supervisor Teresa Kenny says she’s thankful that it wasn’t worse…
Kenny and Rockland’s other four town supervisors have written a letter to O&R to express their “dismay and displeasure” with their preparation and response to the storm. Rockland County Highway Superintendent Skip Vezzetti says about a dozen poles came down along the causeway over Lake Deforest in Congers…
Vezzetti says we got much more wind and less rain than expected. For its part, O&R says they plan on restoring power to the vast majority of the 200,000 or so customers who lost power by Tuesday night, Aug. 11th.
If you don’t have power and you need some relief from the heat, there are cooling centers are available around the county. In Clarkstown you can go to Town Hall, the Street Community Center, the Pascack Community Center and the Congers Community Center. Haverstraw Town Hall, Orangetown Town Hall and Ramapo Town Hall are also available. O&R is doing a drive-thru distribution of bags of ice at Palisades Credit Union Park in Pomona today. The distribution will continue until they run out.