The torch is being passed as Rockland Green officially takes over the management of Rockland’s animal shelter once the contract with the county expires at year’s end. At a press conference yesterday, Rockland County Executive Ed Day said the county will be leasing the property in Pomona to Rockland Green for the next two years at a cost they couldn’t turn down…
Jeff Lambert of HiTor said having a county shelter is important, as people continue to dump puppies in their driveway in Pomona, and they need homes…
The new shelter will likely, eventually, be located in the town of Haverstraw, negotiations are still underway for the property. Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips also heads up Rockland Green, and he said until then, HiTor will be working with an annual budget of 1-point-4 million dollars, a bump up of about a half-million…
The leading contender for the new shelter currently houses a recently-built warehouse on Beach Road in Haverstraw.