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Rockland law enforcement and residents came out to honor the three victims of the Brink’s robbery that occurred 43 years ago yesterday. Two members of the former Nyack Police Department and a Brink’s guard were gunned down by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground after a robbery at the old Nanuet Mall. At the service held at the Brink’s Memorial in Nyack yesterday, Haverstraw Police Chief, John Gould Junior, said his grandfather, a Clarkstown Police Detective, was among the many Rockland police officials who were on scene that day and part of the subsequent investigation. Gould said his father was also called in while off-duty with the Haverstraw Police Department to help locate witnesses and suspects, following the ambush that took the lives of Sergeant Edward O’Grady, Officer Waverly “Chipper” Brown and guard Peter Paige…

Relatives of the victims — Paige’s son, Michael, Brown’s cousin Constance Frazier, and O’Grady’s widow, Diane — all spoke at the ceremony…

Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco said the senseless and cowardly acts of the terrorists that day, united Rocklanders and made the county even stronger…

Former Nyack Detective Artie Keane, who was ambushed along with his fellow officers and survived, was also honored at the ceremony.

43 years ago Monday, two Nyack police officers and a Brinks guard were gunned down by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground. They jumped from the back of a truck and ambushed them following a robbery at the old Nanuet Mall, making off with $1.6 million from a Brinks armored truck. Rockland officials and law enforcement personnel will pay tribute to Sergeant Edward O’Grady, Officer Waverly “Chipper” Brown and guard Peter Paige on Sunday in Nyack. Rockland Sheriff Lou Falco remembers the day well…

The ceremony is Sunday at 4pm by the stone memorial and plaque on Mountainview Avenue in Nyack off Route 59, right by the Thruway exit 11 entrance ramp.

Rockland County officials have taken a step toward replacing an abandoned county office building in the heart of New City. The County Executive and nine members of the Legislature, along with Clarkstown’s Supervisor, yesterday announced a plan to redevelop the Sain Building on New Hempstead Road, which has been vacant for seven years, possibly into mixed-use commercial space and workforce housing. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says the Legislature’s Leadership has agreed to declare the property surplus, making it possible for the county to move ahead to redevelop site…

Rockland Legislator Beth Davidson, who represents District 10 in Clarkstown and serves as the vice-chair of the Legislature’s Housing Committee, told “The Morning Show” over the summer that they’re looking at all options…

Yesterday’s announcement suggested the site could be used for mixed-use commercial space and workforce housing. Once the Legislature declares the property as “surplus,” the County’s Division of Purchasing will issue a Request for Proposals for the redevelopment of the nearly 3.7-acre site.

Several communities in our area are getting millions in federal funding for various infrastructure and public safety investments Lawler in next year’s budget, which is expected to be finalized later this year. At a press conference yesterday at the Rockland County Sheriff’s headquarters in New City, Rockland Congressman Mike Lawler of the 17th district, said seven million dollars will be coming to Rockland to help strengthen the sheriff’s department…

Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco said the funding and new training facility will help the entire area…

For the village of New Square, where a number of accidents have occurred this year alone, they’ll get four million dollars, which mayor Izzy Spitzer said would fix poor road conditions and enhance pedestrian safety…

The village of Suffern stands to get one million dollars, which mayor Michael Curley said would help finish the Memorial Drive re-construction project…

Other municipalities getting infrastructure money include Clarkstown for the Nanuet Transit Oriented Development project, Orangetown to help finish road projects in Pearl River, and several areas in Westchester and Putnam counties.

A Spring Valley woman was killed yesterday after a two-car crash in the village. Ramapo Police say the 53 year-old woman was a passenger in a Ford Taurus driven by an unidentified 69 year-old man. Police say they were involved in a crash at the intersection of Summit Park Road and New Hempstead Road with a Honda Accord, driven by an unidentified 19 year-old man around 9:30 yesterday morning. The 19 year-old was treated at the scene and released, but the occupants of the Ford were both taken to Nyack Hospital. The woman died at the hospital, no word on the 69 year-old’s condition or any summonses or charges. The crash is under investigation by the Town of Ramapo Police Crash Investigation Unit.