Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio are confident that they are doing the right thing by banning e-cigarette flavors. At least one major business enterprise appreciates their enthusiasm. The mayor and governor might additionally be surprised to know that the appreciative business enterprise is none other than Big Tobacco. Political leaders, public health officials, and […]
FIVE STABBED AT RABBI’S HOME IN MONSEY By Keith Shikowitz The past couple of months have seen a multitude of anti–Semitic attacks in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Jersey City. Monsey can now be added to the list as Saturday night at the home of Rabbi Rottenberg, aka Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul, an assailant entered the home where […]
FROM CPD Last week, the Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau identified a 15 year old male from the country of Chile as the person who made calls to Felix Festa Middle School on November 21, 2019 stating that there was a gunman in the school. Due to his age and the charges that would stem from […]
In numerous locations across the state tomorrow, including Rockland County, prosecutors, sheriffs, police chiefs, police unions and elected officials will join together to urge state lawmakers to authorize a moratorium on changes to criminal justice laws set to take effect January 1, 2020. Officials are asking state lawmakers to carefully examine the full impacts of […]
MONSEY – A man walking to a yeshiva school at 5:49 a.m. on Wednesday was found alongside the road with multiple stab and slash wounds.
The victim, whose name was not released by Ramapo Police, was found along Howard Drive in Monsey. At about 5:49am police responded to Howard Drive in Monsey for a report of a pedestrian struck by a car, but investigation quickly determined he had been stabbed several times by one or more assailants.
HILLCREST – Around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12 firefighters were dispatched to 2 Orchard Street in Hillcrest for a structure fire. Firefighters arrived on scene and found an active working fire that engulfed most of the residential home. Five fire departments arrived on scene to provide mutual aid. No residents or firefighters were injured. […]