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ROSA Clears the Slate, Readies for Return to Drawing Board
(The following press release led to this Journal Article Article.) Rockland County Supreme Court, Hon. Thomas E. Walsh II decides in favor of Petitioners/Plaintiffs RAMAPO, NY, April 2, 2018: In another win for the rule of law and the environment, on March 30, 2018, Judge Thomas E. Walsh II, presiding in Rockland County Supreme Court, ruled…
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September 1, 2016 ROSA Attorney asks board to rescind January approvals.
One of the things that courts expect is for opposing parties to work things out themselves so when new evidence was available to strengthen ROSA’s opposition to the January approvals we had to make an effort to ask the Town to reasonably withdraw their approvals. At a minimum it enables us to get that information…
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Support ROSA’s Petition for the NYS DEC to Protect the Pond Wetland System
Please sign the petition below. It will generate an email to Commissioner Seggos and Governor Cuomo that ROSA4Rockland@gmail.com will be copied on. Our goal is to get at least 2,000 signatures from Rockland County residents in the next two weeks. Please share this petition by email and social media to all of your New York…
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2014 End of Year News
Dear Supporters, Happy holidays!! Thank you for taking a few minutes to get caught up on ROSA’s activities. When you get together this holiday season with your friends and neighbors please share this information with them and suggest they become ROSA supporters too. The Patrick Fight: Because of our success in 2013 in engaging the…
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End of Year 2014 Lawsuit Status
Last year at the close of the year we posted an end of year 2013 summary of the status of the Patrick Farm lawsuits which were well received. Here it is a year later and the beat is still going on. 2014 was all about appeals. ROSA is using Susan Shapiro, Esq. to represent the…
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December 10, 2013 Lawsuit Status Update
This is a summary of where in the process the various (numerous!) lawsuits against the Patrick Farm decision are at this point. The biggest frustrations that most people -who are in the know – experience is the gangbuster way in which the Town of Ramapo has allowed the developer to pursue the applications while there…
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Shapiro & Youngewirth Win Appeal
FIGHT TO SAVE THE PATRICK FARM UPDATE Town of Ramapo Residents, Shapiro & Youngewirth Win Decision in Appellate Court: Judge Jamieson’s Lawsuit Dismissals Overturned August 24, 2012 On April 22nd, a four-judge panel of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court overturned orders written by Rockland Supreme Court Justice Linda S. Jamieson…