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Rockland County now has its second coronavirus-related death, a 60 year-old who the Health Department said had other health problems. We now have a total of 31 positive cases in the county. With many stores either closed entirely, offering special hours to accommodate seniors, or simply just running out of specific items, the County Executive is calling on Rocklanders to dial it down a notch. Ed Day says stores are starting to limit sales of supplies, which was part of Monday’s State of Emergency declaration…

Rockland’s Office for the Aging remains open, but seniors are asked to call in first before coming to the Pomona office. Director Tina Cardoza-Izquierdo says as a precautionary measure, in-home assessments are no longer being conducted …

You can call the Office for the Aging at 845-364-2110 to see if you qualify for this free food delivery service.

Rockland’s county executive declared a State of Emergency Monday afternoon that is expected to last through April 15th, though it could be extended. Ed Day says there are four orders attached to the State of Emergency, including the closing of the public school districts for the next two weeks starting today, with and private schools doing the same tomorrow. Day says colleges will need to suspend classes, but the students will still have access to their dorms and dining halls. There’s also a no-hoarding component, which limits the purchase of certain products to two items, per household, per day.

Watch the full press conference here.

Ramapo’s town board last night unanimously approved a higher-density housing zone so 224 units in the Pascack Ridge development can be built. The Journal News says that more than doubles what was previously permitted on the nearly 28 acres. Many have voiced concerns about density and traffic impacts in the area. The developer has indicated the units would be open to anyone, not reserved for any particular race or religious group.

A Spring Valley rabbi faces arrest if he fails to show up Thursday in the East Ramapo school board federal voting rights case. The presiding judge has issued an arrest warrant for Orthodox Jewish rabbi Yehuda Oshry who has failed to come in to testify in the case. The trial is expected to wrap up tomorrow. The Spring Valley chapter of the NAACP, with the Civil Liberties Union, is suing the East Ramapo Central School District over its at-large method for electing school board members, claiming it doesn’t fairly represent the community.

Spring Valley Police have another stabbing case on their hands. Police say a man was stabbed yesterday morning Ridge Avenue. No further information was available. If anyone has any information call the Spring valley Police Department at 845-356-7400.

25 year-old Blanchard Glaudin of Spring Valley is being held in the fatal stabbing of Finkelstein Memorial Library security guard, 52 year-old Sandra Wilson, Tuesday afternoon.