Former Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence’s sentencing hearing on corruption related charges was delayed indefinitely on Nov. 27. U.S. Judge Cathy Seibel said she will look further at financial losses by investors who bought the town’s bonds before deciding his sentence. The judge said though St. Lawrence clearly committed fraud leading investors to face increased […]
Board meeting held day after election BY KATHY KAHN Sixteen years have passed since the Christopher St. Lawrence regime began in Ramapo. On Tuesday, election day, a new leader was finally chosen while the disgraced former supervisor is due to be sentenced later this month on federal corruption charges. That new supervisor is former deputy town […]
The Ramapo Town Clerk’s Office made a regrettable error when sending out news that the Town Board had decided to cancel its next eight scheduled public meetings. Instead of referring the Acting Supervisor Yitzy Ullman, the clerk used the pre-existent template referring to longtime former Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, deposed from his post following a conviction […]
BY KATHY KAHN Though its financing led to the conviction of Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence on federal fraud charges, fans of Ramapo’s baseball stadium want it to remain in the town’s hands and continue to be used for baseball games, music and activities geared to the community. One by one, fans of the park came […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY WHITE PLAINS- Four days into the long awaited trial of Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and several witnesses have already taken the stand for the prosecution. Key witnesses such as Ned Flynn, managing director of Jefferies LLC, the underwriter of a $25 million bond for a stadium project in Pomona, and […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY A sea of potential jurors have been pouring into White Plains Federal Court to see if they will be one of the 12 New Yorkers to decide the fate of one of Rockland’s biggest political scandals. Ramapo Christopher St. Lawrence stands indicted on 22 counts of felony bond and wire fraud. Of […]