While thousands were enjoying the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday in Pearl River, a member of the Piermont Fire Department was helping save a life. In a Facebook post yesterday, the Piermont Fire Department said an unidentified man went into cardiac arrest as crowds were gathering for the parade. Piermont Fire Department EMS Lieutenant Hope Goswick saw him collapse and knew immediately he was in cardiac arrest. She began CPR with the man’s son assisting her. As EMS crews arrived, she continued administering CPR, transferring care to the EMS crews on parade detail. The Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to the hospital, on the way he regained a pulse. He was reported to be conscious and alert at the hospital.
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Late, On-Time, or Early? Area State Lawmakers Predict Timing of Budget Passage
Less than two weeks to go before New York’s budget is due and besides the negotiations themselves, the Good Friday and Easter holidays could pose a problem for an on-time budget. New York State Assemblyman Democrat Chris Eachus of the 99th District, covering Stony Point and parts of Orange County, says, not to worry…
Rockland State Senator, Republican Bill Weber of the 38th District, isn’t sure whether it’ll be late or not…
There are some consequences if the budget doesn’t pass on-time. It could mean some state employees, contractors, charities and social service agencies don’t get paid. Legislators also wouldn’t get paid, though the governor would still get a paycheck. The deadline is April first.
Nation’s First Commercial-scale Offshore Wind Farm Opens Off Long Island
A 12-turbine wind farm known as South Fork Wind is now delivering clean power to the regional electric grid. It’s located 35 miles east of Montauk Point on Long Island. New York Governor Kathy Hochul flipped the switch to the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm on Thursday…
Connor Mahoney of Mahoney Asset Management in Chestnut Ridge encourages more sustainable energy sources like this one…
New York’s energy goals aim for 70 percent of the state’s electricity coming from renewable sources by 2030, a zero-emissions electric grid by 2040, and an 85 percent statewide reduction in climate pollution by 2050.
Man, Woman Found Dead of Gunshot Wounds in Tomkins Cove Home
Few details so far after two people were found dead of gunshot wounds in Tomkins Cove earlier this afternoon. Stony Point Police Lieutenant Greg Becker says just before two yesterday afternoon they got a call asking for police and EMS to come to a home located at 54 Rosetown Road. They were told a victim was shot and bleeding. When police arrived, Becker says they found a 35 year-old woman and an 38 year-old man, both dead of a single gunshot wound. They were not identified. The Rockland County Sheriff’s Department and the Medical Examiner were called to the scene. Becker says the weapon was located and secured by detectives. He adds this appears to be an isolated incident, and there is no threat to the general public. The investigation is ongoing.
Trial Over Assessment Between Palisades Center and Clarkstown to Begin Today
A trial that could be worth millions of dollars to Palisades Center, the town of Clarkstown and the Clarkstown School District is scheduled to begin today in Rockland County Supreme Court. Tina Traster is the editor of the Rockland County Business Journal online, and says the trial will focus on whether the mall was over-assessed and how much money they might, or might not, see in refunds…
The mall’s lawyer told RCBizJournal the issue is not whether Palisades Center was over-assessed, it’s by how much. Earlier this month, Rockland County Executive Ed Day told “The Morning Show” that the struggling mall is critical to the county’s bottom line…
Palisades Center is the town’s largest taxpayer, reportedly paying more than $22 million a year in property taxes.