One of the things I am most proud of during these past eight years as Supervisor is my administration’s investment in replacing aging infrastructure. This includes over $40,000,000 in capital projects improving our community centers, pools, roads, and bridges. The infrastructure we take for granted in our daily lives such as bridges and roadways does […]
This week the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) confirmed the presence of poliovirus in local wastewater for the first time since October. This single positive result was collected in February and has so far been followed by non-detection in wastewater samples, but unvaccinated residents should still act now to protect themselves. Israel’s […]
by Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann This Saturday, March 18th, marks the 232nd anniversary of the founding of Clarkstown. In thinking about this milestone, I decided to go back and take a look at the early history of the town. The best early recorded history appears in a lengthy chapter in an 1884 book simply titled […]
A person was arrested and three people were seriously injured following a car crash that left a vehicle overturned in Haverstraw Friday night. Upon arriving to West Railroad Avenue at the intersection of Kennedy Drive & Andrews Drive, police said one vehicle was overturned and another vehicle was on the sidewalk, suffering heavy damage. The […]
Challenges to the Rockland County Legislature’s new redistricting plan have been dismissed in state Supreme Court and the plan remains scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024. The redistricting plan created new county legislative districts in response to the results of the 2020 Census, with the new districts each containing roughly the same […]
A 52-year-old Spring Valley resident was killed at KJ Tile Warehouse in West Haverstraw following a forklift accident Thursday morning. Haverstraw first responders were called to the scene at 8:40 a.m. and found Carlos Ramirez-Hernandez lying on the floor surrounded by broken boxes of tile. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. […]