Schools Closed, But Not for All: Ultra-Orthodox schools are bustling—and busing—despite orders from Albany and Rockland County

Schools Closed, But Not for All: Ultra-Orthodox schools are bustling—and busing—despite orders from Albany and Rockland County

By Kathy Kahn       School districts across the county—and the state, for that matter—have been dealing with the Covid 19 pandemic by shuttering schools and offering mostly remote learning, with a few days of in-class services for students.   That’s not the case in the town of Ramapo, however, where school buses are […]

Palisades Pulls Ahead: Palisades Center Expansion Gets Green Light from Voters

Palisades Pulls Ahead: Palisades Center Expansion Gets Green Light from Voters

After 22 years of appeals, it looks the Palisades Mall has finally received Clarkstown’s blessing to utilize all of its available space. On Tuesday night Clarkstown voters deliberated on a Referendum that would lift the convent that has prevented the shopping center from opening the roughly 250,000 square feet of “attic space” on the fourth […]

Weighing In on the Importance of the Mall Referendum Vote

Weighing In on the Importance of the Mall Referendum Vote

By: Jennifer Korn This election day, Clarkstown residents will vote on whether to lift a restrictive covenant that prevents the Palisades Center from utilizing a 240,000 square-foot section on the fourth floor, which has sat vacant since the mall first opened in 1998.  For 22 years Pyramid Management Group, the center’s owners, have been barred […]

DMV Will Remain in West Haverstraw

DMV Will Remain in West Haverstraw

By Joe Kuhn   Senator James Skoufis and Assemblymember Ken Zebrowski announced on Monday that the Rockland Department of Motor Vehicles, based in West Haverstraw will remain in the community. Town of Haverstraw Supervisor Howard Phillips, Village of West Haverstraw Mayor Robert D’Amelio, and other local officials joined the lawmakers for the announcement.   One […]

Cornell Condemns Bridge Toll Hike

Cornell Condemns Bridge Toll Hike

By Joe Kuhn Rockland County Legislator Harriet Cornell is unhappy with the New York State Thruway Department. In a letter submitted to the department, Cornell, who also serves as the Chairwoman of the Rockland County Legislatures Special Committee on Transit, voiced her concerns that their proposed toll increase for the Mario Cuomo Bridge will disproportionality […]