A nine year-old boy from Ramapo was critically injured Tuesday evening after being hit by a pickup truck and then pinned underneath a minivan. Ramapo Police Lieutenant Blaine Howell says the incident occurred around 5:10pm Tuesday at the intersection of Pioneer Avenue and North Airmont Road. Lieutenant Howell says the boy had just gotten off a school bus at Cherry Lane Elementary. A Ramapo Police Officer and several bystanders were able to lift the front end of the minivan and free the boy from underneath. He was taken to Westchester Medical Center where he is listed in critical but stable condition. The operator of the truck, a 43-year-old Spring Valley resident, remained on-scene and is cooperating with investigators. The investigation is ongoing.
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Assembly and Senate Launch Competing Budget Proposals, April First Deadline Looms
Both houses of the state’s legislature have come up with competing budgets to the governor’s, and one of them, or more likely a combination of them all, has to be passed by the looming deadline. District 99 Assemblyman, Democrat Chris Eachus, covering Stony Point and portions of Orange County, says the Assembly’s version of the budget differs in several ways from the governor’s spending plan…
38th District State Senator, Republican Bill Weber, covering most of Rockland, voted against the Senate’s version of the budget…
Both proposed spending plans rejected the governor’s housing mandates for the suburbs and upstate regions, but instead offered $500 million incentives to encourage new housing developments. The budget deadline is April first.
Police Investigating After Badly Decomposed Body Found in New City Basement
Rockland’s Medical Examiner is trying to figure out what happened after a Clarkstown resident was found dead in the basement of a New City home. Clarkstown Police say they got the call for a welfare check Sunday at 45 Ruth Drive in New City. Officers arriving on-scene were met by family members, and they discovered a strong odor coming from the basement. Police say they found human remains in a heavily decomposed state. Police ask anyone with information about this incident to call them directly at 845-639-5840.
Former Building Inspector Found Not Guilty of Charges in Connection to Fatal Fire in Spring Valley
Former Spring Valley building inspector Ray Canario on Friday was found not guilty on three remaining misdemeanor charges in connection to the fatal fire at an adult home in the village two years ago. Felony charges against him had been dismissed by the judge earlier last week. Canario had been accused of filing false inspection reports in connection with the fire that killed a resident and firefighter Jared Lloyd at the Evergreen Court Home for Adults. Charges against former Spring Valley building inspector and Public Works Director Wayne Ballard were dismissed last month. Two rabbis, father and son Nathaniel and Aaron Sommer, still face felony charges for starting the fire while cleaning the facility for Passover.
Former Building Inspector Found Not Guilty of Charges in Connection to Fatal Fire in Spring Valley
BREAKING NEWS: News 12 is reporting that former Spring Valley building inspector Ray Canario has been found not guilty on three remaining misdemeanor charges in connection to the fatal fire at an adult home in the village two years ago. Felony charges against him had been dismissed by the judge earlier this week. Canario had been accused of filing false inspection reports in connection with the fire that killed a resident and firefighter Jared Lloyd at the Evergreen Court Home for Adults.