An Airmont homeowner has reportedly dropped a lawsuit accusing village officials of permitting an illegal school and dormitory on his street. That’s according to The Journal News. The Fosse Court resident is, however, reportedly continuing to pursue legal action against the rabbi who owns the properties. Sharon Stern filed the State Supreme Court legal action last March against village officials and the building inspector, who were reportedly allowing the rabbi to illegally operate a school in a single-family house and convert a next-door residence into a dormitory. Airmont wanted the cases dismissed as improper.
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Fed Cuts Interest Rates 1/2 Percentage Point, WRCR Analysts Weigh In on Move
The Federal Reserve Wednesday cut interest rates a half of a percentage point. That lowers the federal funds rate to between 4¾ and five percent. CNBC noted while the rate sets short-term borrowing costs for banks, it affects many consumer products including auto loans, credit cards and mortgages. Ann Zeilingold is Vice President of FM Home Loans in New City, and she says the mortgage industry could see rates gradually adjust in the future…
WRCR market analyst Connor Mahoney of Mahoney Asset Management in Chestnut Ridge says the move could result in lower inflation and keep jobs intact…
Wednesday’s Fed interest rate cut was the first since the early days of the COVID pandemic. Besides COVID, the last time the rates were cut that much was in 2008 during the global financial crisis.
West Haverstraw Teen Charged with Making Terroristic Threat Online Targeting North Rockland School District in Social Media Hoax
A 16 year-old West Haverstraw girl has been charged by the Town of Haverstraw Police Department with making a terroristic threat. That after police say they were made aware of a social media post Thursday that there would be a potential shooting in the North Rockland School District on Friday. Haverstraw Officers and Detectives found the teen they believe created the fake social media post. She was released and is due back in the Youth Part of Superior Court.
Rockland’s GOP County Executive Calls on Party’s Presidential and VP Candidates to Apologize for Haiti “Cats and Dogs” Comments
Rockland’s top Republican is calling on his party’s candidates for president and vice-president to apologize for the comments and unfounded “eating cast-and-dogs” rumors they have been spreading about the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio. The accusations have been echoing loudly in the Spring Valley community where there is a large Haitian population. Rockland County Executive Ed Day told “The Morning Show” Friday that would be the right thing for Ohio senator JD Vance to do…
Florence Pierre-Pierre is the President of the Hudson Valley Haitian American Nurses Association, and at a press conference last week she said that the comments have put the lives of an entire innocent population in danger…
Meanwhile, in Springfield itself, The Guardian reports business has been brisk at a local Creole restaurant, and residents have been showing increased support for the Haitian community with increased volunteerism and donations for local organizations.
West Haverstraw Stop & Shop to Close Doors October 31st
A supermarket scheduled to close in the Town of Haverstraw has a final closing date. Over the summer, Stop & Shop’s parent company announced they’d be closing several under-performing stores in the chain, among them the Samsondale Plaza location in the village of West Haverstraw. A sign posted in the store said they’d be shutting Thursday, October 31st at 3pm. Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips is hopeful something will replace it soon…
Stop & Shop’s parent company announced in July the West Haverstraw location was among 32 supermarkets in the Northeast to be shutting down. The company operates other locations in New City, Nanuet, and Orangeburg. Those will remain open.