Judith S, Kaye, the first female chief judge in New York, died from cancer Thursday at her Manhattan home, according to The New York Times. Born in the Hudson Valley's Monticello, Kaye was 77. Kaye was appointed an associate judge of the Court of Appeals by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo in 1983. She became chief judge following the resignation of Sol Watcher a decade later and presided over the ...
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A 25-year-old man from Ithaca was arrested Friday in Westchester County in connection with an attempted murder investigation, according to a report on Time Warner Cable News.Christopher Wright was stopped on Interstate 87 in Westchester because his car was similar to one driven by a suspect in a case of attempted murder in Ithaca, TWC News reported. The ...
NEW CITY, N.Y. -- Rockland County officials participated in the annual menorah lighting Friday outside the Allison-Parris County Office Building in New City. The event brought together Rockland County Executive Ed Day with fellow elected officials and local Jewish leaders. Together they lit four candles for the first four nights of Hanukkah, which began Dec. 6. "Hanukkah is not ...
NEW CITY, N.Y. -- The Rockland County Department of Social Services continued its efforts to combat welfare fraud in 2015, rejecting 89 new applications for public benefits due to front-end fraud detection. The applications, made to DSS between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, resulted in $628,242 in cost avoidance to local taxpayers."Along with DSS Commissioner Susan Sherwood and District ...
NEW CITY, N.Y. – Rockland County residents can watch video of town hall meetings held to discuss a variety of local issues, including the 2016 proposed budget. County Executive Ed Day detailed priorities within the spending plan and provided an update on the progress his administration is making in delivering on his core priorities: stabilizing Rockland's finances, promoting economic ...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – The Westchester Knicks, the official NBA Development League affiliate of the New York Knickerbockers, have reacquired guard Jimmer Fredette.The former Brigham Young University star is expected to be available for the team’s next game on Monday at the Westchester County Center. Fredette (6-foot-2, 195 pounds) was originally acquired by the Westchester Knicks in the ...
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- Holly Unger of Spring Valley wanted to be buried in Israel, and that wish was fulfilled Friday thanks to the efforts of her friends and neighbors, according to a report on lohud.com.Unger died Wednesday at age 57 after a collision with a bus on Viola Road in Ramapo, LoHud reported. Ramapo police are investigating the cause of the crash, according to lohud.After ...
NEW CITY, N.Y. – A bill by state Sen. David Carlucci, (D–Rockland/Westchester), to create the Mental Illness Anti-Stigma Fund has been signed into law. In the United States, one out of five people live with a mental illness, and nearly two-thirds of those diagnosed with a mental illness do not seek treatment. This statistic is due to the stigma that exists when discussing mental ...
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A murder suspect was arrested Monday in New Jersey after he led police on a high-speed chase in Rockland County, according to a report on lohud.com.Police arrested Troy, N.Y., resident David Campos after officers from several jurisdictions chase him down the Palisades Interstate Parkway at speeds reaching almost 90 mph, lohudreported. Campos was eventually ...
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Early morning commuters were stuck Tuesday in a traffic jam on the New York State Thruway just before the Tappan Zee Bridge in Rockland County, according to multiple reports.A water main break and an auto accident about 6:30 a.m. blocked the southbound lanes of the Interstate 87, lohud reported.The jam, which also spread to alternate roads like Routes 9W and 59, ...
