ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Rockland is getting a new animal shelter.County legislators authorized financing for a new animal shelter to house homeless, abandoned and found animals. The Hi-Tor Animal Care Center,  run by the non-profit Hi-Tor organization, is currently housed in a building legislators said was outdated and cramped.The new $2.05 million shelter will be built on the same ...

A 38-year-old Cortlandt Manor man was charged with felony DWI after a two-car accident Saturday afternoon at Old Crompond Road and Pine Grove Court.Giovanni Loaiza was charged with a felony because he had a prior driving while intoxicated conviction in the last 10 years. He was also charged with driving with a revoked license, a Class E felony and refusing to submit to a breathalyzer ...

A 36-year-old Mahopac man was arrested and charged with bail jumping after police say he failed to show up for a court appearance.James Hosford was charged with bail jumping in the third degree, a Class A misdemeanor after police pulled him over for a vehicle and traffic infraction and discovered an active warrant out for his arrest Wednesday.Hosford was processed and is being held ...

ARMONK, N.Y. -- The fourth quarter was a good one for IBM, which is headquartered in Armonk.The company announced revenue of $22.5 billion, an increase of 4 percent. The revenue beat investor expectations. The company earned about $5.18 per share, also beating investor expectations. The company earned $36.5 billion in revenue in full-year strategic imperatives, an increase of 11 ...

Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Cold Spring) are taking action following comments President Donald Trump reportedly made about Haitians and Africans.The two are co-sponsoring a resolution to censure President Donald Trump after he called African countries "s-holes" during a Jan. 11 meeting on immigration policy.  Nearly 150 Democrats have ...

Anthony DiCarlo is the new man in charge of Mahopac's public schools.DiCarlo, who lives in Mahopac, was given a five-year contract by the Mahopac Board of Education at Thursday's meeting to be the district's new superintendent.DiCarlo, who serves as principal of Trinity Elementary School in New Rochelle, starts on Feb. 26.DiCarlo signed at an annual salary of $235,000 over five ...

Cynthia Nixon, known for playing Miranda on the HBO series "Sex and the City," is now giving a definite "Maybe" regarding a possible primary challenge to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after speculation began this past summer.Nixon gave the "Maybe" comment on Thursday to NY 1 at an event in Brooklyn encouraging women to be politically active. You can see a ...

President Donald Trump and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) met Friday afternoon and made "progress" toward avoiding a U.S. Government shutdown, according to Schumer, but "have a good number of disagreements." Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell scheduled a key procedural vote for 10 p.m. Friday to avert a shutdown prior to the midnight ...

BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. -- Parents and teens will be able to learn about the dangers of drug abuse at a forum in Bedford Hills Wednesday.The Bedford/Lewisboro/Pound Ridge Drug Abuse Prevention Council is hosting "This Is Your Brain on Drugs," a presentation by Dr. Stephen Dewey at 7 p.m. at the Bedford Hills Community House at 74 Main Street.Dewey is a neuroscientist and research ...

Susan Guiney is stepping aside.The Mount Pleasant Central School District superintendent announced her retirement at Wednesday's board meeting, effective in July. Guiney originally joined in the district in July 2008 as director of curriculum."Over the past 10 years, our school community has worked together to create great success and to bring well-deserved recognition to Mount ...