Petition to the Governor
SV CUPON has created a petition calling on Governor Hochul to intervene in code enforcement and land use planning in Spring Valley and Ramapo. Please add your signature here
Who Profits, Who Pays, Who Dies, Who Lies?
After the horrific Evergreen Nursing Home Fire, NY State ordered that Rockland County take over Code Enforcement from the village of Spring Valley. The County Legislature has to pass a resolution to make this happen. At their January 18 meeting, …
Dead Bodies
“There are dead bodies behind every rule.” This was the lesson taught to me by the volunteer fire safety inspector who used to provide the fire safety perspective at Village of Spring Valley meetings. That was until they stopped including …
Tree Cutting is Environmental Racism
According to a recent study, Tree inequality is rampant in cities, and it’s killing low-income people and people of color. The land use boards of Village of Spring Valley, entirely beholden to developers, never control the cutting of trees. This …
Noise
It’s so cute when people in other places complain about noise from leaf blowers, etc. Here in Spring Valley, construction goes on from 7 AM daily, except Saturday. The entire village is being torn down around it’s residents ears (literally) …
The Color of Rivers – Gardner – 2021 – Geophysical Research Letters – Wiley Online Library
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2020GL088946
Just Say NO to Rent Increases
The Rent Guidelines Board will hold virtual public hearings next week. Do you think they should be increasing people’s rent at a time when so many are struggling with the pandemic and recession? YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!!! For all the details …
Children in Trailers!
Please make every effort to come out to the public hearing this Wednesday, October 23 at 7:00 PM at Spring Valley Village Hall!!! Congregation Khal Bais Shmuel has made an application for “temporary module units to house students” at 185 …
Urgent – Wednesday
Children in trailers? Congregation Khal Bais Shmuel has made an application for “temporary trailers at 185 N Main St (The old RCC extension that is now a private school). Will children be in these trailers? There have been a host …
Help is Here for Spring Valley!
The overdevelopment of Spring Valley has got the attention and HELP from NY State Senator Skoufis, NBC News 4, and Rockland County Environmentalists!!! Major media coverage: NBC News 4 I-Team Investigation by Sarah Wallace: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Report-Shows-Breakdown-from-Executive-to-Local-Levels-When-It-Comes-to-NY-Housing-Code-Enforcement-521545491.html Lohud: https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2019/08/05/new-york-building-code-enforcement-risks-resident-firefighter-safety/1920068001/ Other Environmental organizations: …