DA’S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe today announced that Juan Perez-Coira, 44, of Spring Valley, New York was convicted after a bench trial of two counts of murder in the second degree, class “A” felonies; one count of attempted criminal sexual act in the first degree , a class “C” felony; one […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA After years of research and political debates on the merits and dangers of hydraulic fracturing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration announced on Wednesday that it has decided to prohibit the use of the controversial gas extraction technique in New York The decision came with the long-awaited release of a study by acting Health […]
NANUET – A Florida man has been charged with multiple criminal offenses which stemmed from allegedly shoplifting from two separate stores and an escape attempt that turned ugly when he attacked mall security. Ryan Sumner, 21, of Dade City, Florida, stands accused of petty larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and second degree harassment. Sumner […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN At its December 11, 2014 meeting the Stony Point Planning Board addressed numerous referrals from the town board for a variety of zoning amendments, all of which will have a profound impact on the future of the town. The board did not address in great detail, however, the one referral that has […]
FROM TAPPAN ZEE CONSTRUCTORS · Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC (TZC) continues to investigate what caused the failure of a material silo on one of the project’s two barge-mounted floating concrete batch plants. · TZC has safely removed the damaged concrete batch plant from the project site. · All other construction activities will continue on the […]
PIERMONT – A floating concrete plant brought to the Hudson River to assist with the construction of the New Tappan Zee Bridge was shut down after a silo structure failed this morning, bringing down two other silos but resulting in no injuries. The incident reportedly occurred around mid-morning on a platform close to the Westchester […]