A motorist in Ramapo was hospitalized with serious injuries after reportedly crashing into a house and then a rock wall yesterday. Ramapo Police say the crash happened around 4pm yesterday on East Hickory Road in Hillcrest. Police say the car backed into the foundation of the house and then moved forward into a rock wall. Ramapo’s building inspector declared the house unable to be occupied. The Red Cross is helping the displaced residents. The incident is under investigation.
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School Budget and Board of Ed. Votes Today in Rockland
School budgets and boards of education come up for a vote today in Rockland County. Because of the coronavirus outbreak, school district elections are taking place by absentee voting only. Voters should have received a ballot in the mail from their district. Ballots must be hand-delivered today or received in the mail by June 16th to be counted. In East Ramapo, following a federal court order last month to change over from an at-large voting system to a ward system, voters are only voting for the school budget and library board, but not for school board candidates. The ballots were printed before the court order came down. The school board is appealing the judge’s decision in the NAACP case, which is next scheduled to be heard by the US Court of Appeals in August.
Rockland and Mid-Hudson Region Entering Phase Two; Malls Still Unable to Re-Open
Rockland and the mid-Hudson region are entering phase two today. That means restrictions are loosened for non-essential businesses including real estate, hair salons, car dealerships and some retail, which can open as long as they follow the proper social distancing guidelines and offer curb-side pick-up. Malls are still prohibited from opening, and Palisades Center and others around the state aren’t happy about that. Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann says the governor’s approach lately hasn’t been consistent…
Julene Finley is the owner of Color Me Mine, at Palisades Center. Finely says it’s unfair that if she were located in a street venue, she’d be able to open today…
Finley says her seven employees have been collecting unemployment, but she’d like to be able to give them their jobs back, but she can’t do that until she’s permitted to re-open her business.
Food Distribution for Those in Need Today at MLK Jr. Center in Spring Valley
The Martin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center in Spring Valley is hosting a food distribution today from 3 to 5pm for anyone in need. The event will be held outside of the Center, which is located at 110 Bethune Boulevard in Spring Valley.
NY Eclipses 100 Days Since First Case Of COVID-19
Yesterday marked day 100 since the first COVID-19 case popped up in New York. Since then, governor Andrew Cuomo said in his coronavirus press conference yesterday, in the face of dire predictions and steep early projections, New York came back strong from being in the worst situation in the nation…
Cuomo did warn, if New Yorkers get sloppy, we could see those numbers go back up. COVID-19 by the numbers now, the state has confirmed around 379,000 total cases and 24,300 deaths. In Rockland, the state says we’ve got 13,340 reported cases, and the Rockland Health Department confirms 658 fatalities here in the county.