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Legislative leaders in Albany Friday passed the Housing Stability and
Tenant Protection Act of 2019, governing rent-controlled apartments in the
city. While the law deals with around 900,000 apartments that were built
in the city before 1974, Naomi Streicher of Realty Teams in Pomona says
the new law impacts everyone…

Reason.com says some landlords are reportedly planning to challenge the
new law in court. They say it could lower rents and offer greater
protections for some, but the cost would be deteriorating buildings and
less supply overall. 

There will be a test of the Indian Point sirens in the Lower Hudson Valley
at around 6 tonight. The sirens are not a signal to evacuate, rather they
are intended to alert the public to tune to this or another EAS radio or
TV station for important information. This siren sounding tonight is only
a test.

Wall Street eyes are on the Fed which is meeting this week to decide what to do with interest rates. WRCR’s Market Analyst Ken Mahoney of Mahoney Asset Management says they should just leave rates alone…

The central bank wraps up a two-day policy meeting tomorrow. CNBC says the Fed meeting comes amid worsening economic data and fears that the ongoing U.S.-China trade war is weakening the global economy.

Hundreds gathered in Pearl River Saturday for a candlelight vigil with the hopes of keeping two killers behind bars. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says he’s concerned that Richard LaBarbera, who was granted parole late last month for the murder of 16 year-old Paula Bohovesky in 1980, could come back to his hometown, and no one would know…

Robert McCain, the other man convicted of Bohovesky’s murder, remains in prison for now, but is expected to come before the parole board any day now. Bohovesky supporters are hoping the governor reverses the parole board’s decision on LaBarbera and keeps him in prison. Bohovesky was beaten, stabbed and sexually assaulted while on her way home from the Pearl River Library.

The push is on to possibly get a marijuana legalization bill done before the session ends on Wednesday. CBS 2 reported high-level talks were held over the weekend between the governor and legislative leaders. Rockland Sheriff Lou Falco told “The Morning Show” the push to legalize pot is an insult to law enforcement and the citizens of the state…

Earlier this month, the governor said he didn’t think the support was there in the Senate to legalize pot this year. New Jersey pulled marijuana legislation earlier this year, but they have plans to put it before the voters in 2020.