A local business website editor is slamming the delays that have kept Rockland from building a new shelter for the dogs, cats and other animals that she says desperately need a home. Tina Traster is the editor of RCBizJournal.com, and says that at this point, the shelter should break from the county and become an independent entity…
Costs have nearly doubled for the New Hi-Tor Animal Care Center beyond the $8 million set aside for it already. The new estimated $17 million price tag has Rockland’s town supervisors and some in the legislature looking to put the brakes on the project. Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann says Rockland’s five town supervisors are working with the county executive to see what solutions they can come up with, and they may need to go in a different direction…
The shelter has been in Pomona for about a half-century.