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New York City restaurants will be allowed to resume indoor dining starting September 30th. Governor Andrew Cuomo says they’ll have a 25 percent occupancy limit and strict health and safety protocols…

The 47th annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade is the latest event to be cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. The New York Post says the group that runs the event is planning another smaller, COVID-safe event instead, but hasn’t released details just yet.

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association says high-risk fall sports including football, volleyball and competitive cheer will be postponed until March 1st next year. Low and moderate risk fall sports are still authorized to begin practice on September 21st.

COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, we’ve added the first death here in the county since July 27th. The total, according to the Rockland Health Department, is now 675. We’ve got four in the hospital being examined, another five have been confirmed with coronavirus. The state says we’ve got 14,459 reported cases, 20 more than yesterday.

A 17-year-old from Newark has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and possession of a weapon in Ocean County after two Rockland County men were stabbed Monday at Point Pleasant Beach. The Asbury Park Press says the unidentified suspect was being held in the Ocean County Juvenile Detention Center. 22 year-old Alex Galdamez and 18 year-old William Mazariegogo of West Haverstraw were listed in serious but stable condition at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

Attendees at a march for the victim of a fatal shooting Friday in Haverstraw could barely contain their grief Sunday during a march and vigil…

That audio courtesy of RocklandReport.com. 23-year-old Andy Urena-Marrero of Haverstraw was one of two people shot Friday night. A 20 year-old was treated at Nyack-Montefiore hospital and released. The shooting reportedly took place near Hudson Avenue. No arrests have been made. If you have information about the incident contact the Rockland County District Attorney’s Investigators at 845-731-4100.

The village of South Nyack has posted the video from their online meeting this week that was “Zoom-Bombed” with threats of violence. The board Monday hired a consulting company to study what it would take to remain a village or become a part of Orangetown. But the online meeting was interrupted seven times by at least two people who were disguised and featured Nazi imagery in the background, using vulgar language and the n-word repeatedly. South Nyack-Grandview Police Chief Daniel Wilson says several law enforcement agencies are involved in their investigation…

The suspects also posted a rainbow flag stating “this is what I do to LGBTs” and then showed a video of a beheading. A warning, the audio you are about to hear may be disturbing…

Anyone with information is asked to call the South Nyack-Grandview Police at 845-358-0206 or send an email to police@southnyack.ny.gov.

County employees’ jobs could be on the chopping block and a double-digit property tax increase could be in the offing after the Rockland County Legislature voted 9-8 Tuesday night to reject the county executive’s budget proposal, which would have temporarily increased local sales taxes by a half percent. Despite the tremendous loss in sales tax revenue, the majority called the proposal “premature” and a burden on families that have seen their jobs cut back or cut entirely. In a statement, Legislature Chairman Alden Wolfe said the focus should be on economic development and finding ways to keep shoppers from crossing the border into Bergen County where the sales tax is lower. Rockland County Executive Ed Day slammed the vote, saying in a statement yesterday that hundreds of county employees’ jobs are now at risk, and a double-digit property tax increase could be next. The legislature also shelved any movement on the Sain Building and property, which Wolfe said would be on a future legislature agenda.