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The child hit by a minivan in New Square Tuesday night – in the same spot where another died earlier this year – is expected to survive his injuries. News 12 reported the boy, a two year-old, was struck and suffered a head injury near the intersection of Stern Street and Clinton Lane around 7pm Tuesday night after apparently going into the street between two parked cars. Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco says the incident reminds people similar incidents have happened recently in the area a few times…

The 38-year-old driver from New Square reportedly stayed on the scene and was cooperating with Ramapo Police. The incident remains under investigation.

A child is in serious condition after being struck by a minivan in New Square yesterday. That’s according to News 12. They say the incident occurred near Stern Street and Clinton Lane around 7:15 last night, reportedly the same intersection where an 8 year-old was struck by a school bus and killed earlier this year. The child was taken to Westchester Medical Center, and the driver reportedly remained on-scene. No other information was available.

Two Ramapo Police officers suffered minor injuries while they were arresting an allegedly drunken man who was having difficulty getting into the home he lived in. Police say 44 year-old Antonio Aguilar-Oliva had kicked in the front door and smashed windows of the Hillcrest home on Helen Court early Friday morning. Police say they got several calls of a man yelling and breaking glass, and when they arrived he fought with the officers. One of the officers suffered a dislocated shoulder. Aguilar-Oliva was arrested and charged with assault, obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest. He was being held in the Rockland County Jail on $50,000 bail.

Airmont Audited by State Comptroller

The New York State Comptroller’s office has released its findings of a recent audit of a village in Ramapo and found they overpaid for various services. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says in one particular case, the Village of Airmont potentially overpaid a vendor nearly $37,000 for snow plowing services. Additionally, DiNapoli says six claims totaling just over $42,000 did not comply with the Village’s purchasing policy. DiNapoli suggested the village should conduct an independent audit of claims prior to payment. Village officials reportedly disagreed with aspects of the Comptroller’s report, but said they accepted the recommendations and planned to take corrective actions. The audit covered a two-and-a-half-year period from January 2021 to July 2023.

Former Westchester Cop Gets 4 Consecutive Life Terms for Murders

A former Westchester police officer convicted in federal court of killing four men in Orange County eight years ago has been sentenced to four consecutive life terms on Monday. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, says former Briarcliff Manor officer Nicholas Tartaglione beat and strangled one of his victims, and shot the three others execution-style. Tartaglione was found guilty last year in the killing of 41 year-old Martin Luna, 25 year-old Miguel Luna, 35 year-old Urbano Santiago and 43 year-old Hector Gutierrez in April 2016 after torturing them and burying them in shallow graves on his Otisville property. He believed at least one of the men owed him hundreds of thousands of dollars in a cocaine deal. WABC News reported Tartaglione spoke at his sentencing, and denied doing anything wrong and said he was being framed. The judge reportedly called him “a monster” and “delusional.”

The town of Clarkstown is taking legal action against two area landlords officials say are housing migrants in unsafe and illegal conditions at various properties in town and around the county. At a press conference Friday in New City, officials said they were taking the actions against Simcha Schwartz of Brooklyn, who they said owns 10 properties in town, and a New City resident, Wilson Bermeo, who owns five. Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann said it takes time before these kinds of cases can be brought to court…

Rockland Congressman Mike Lawler of the 17th district said part of the problem is New York City’s designation as a so-called “sanctuary city”…

Hoehmann said one single-family residence was found to have two dozen people living there, with three families on the second floor. The suits were filed last week in State Supreme Court. The two landlords could not be reached for comment.

Less than a year on the job and the head of a local college has already been let go. That’s according to Patch.com, which reported yesterday afternoon that Rockland Community College’s new president, Dr. Lester Edgardo Sandres Rápalo, was fired after just 11 months. RCC has been wrestling with financial issues, layoffs and various cost-cutting measures implemented after an $8 million shortfall was discovered. A spokesperson for RCC told WRCR yesterday the college would issue a statement in the next 24 to 48 hours.