The current main issues that ROSA is engaged in include:

• The Town of Ramapo updates to the Comprehensive Plan, the plan to Rezone Northeast Ramapo Northeast DGEIS Public Hearing Monday September 13, 2021 at 7:00 in Town Hall. and new town wide new zoning codes.
• The Village of New Hempstead update to their Comprehensive Plan and Rezoning Local Law without proper environmental review and adequate public notice.
• Inadequate environmental assessment of the Pascack Ridge Update to the Town Comprehensive Plan and Rezoning and the current lack of environmental review of the Pascack Ridge Site Plan
• The environmental impact study for the large rezoning effort and site plan for the Watchtower Audio Visual Center near Sloatsburg.
• The replacement solution for Patrick Farm – at this point is going to be highly influenced by the new zoning being proposed for the Northeast Plan.
• Participation in the Rockland Water Coalition. 

Drive from Suffern to Pomona Northeast on Route 202. After you see the Town of Ramapo Equestrian Center on the left, look to the right. From Prosperity Drive up to Route 306 on the right is the North West boundary of the Patrick Farm property. Turn right from Route 202 onto Route 306 and continue again to look to the right and you can continue to witness the wilderness beauty of one of the last large open undeveloped parcels of land in the Town of Ramapo.

If you continue along Route 202 from Route 306 to Route 45 you will pass one of the lowest density area of Ramapo. The section from Camp Hill Road to Route 45 is proposed for massive rezoning for mixed use commercial and residential development. When you turn right on Route 45 large chunks of the section of Route 45 are planned to be rezoned to commercial development.

With much of the easy pickings in the Route 59 corridor already developed the Town is aiming for Northeast Ramapo where there are steep slopes, wetlands, and high pressure gas pipelines.

It is our mission to make sure that the residents of Rockland County, Orange County and Bergen County who could be affected by the proposed changes understand that there is hope and room for engagement. We want you to know the issues that have inspired ROSA volunteers to fight back and donate their time and their money to make sure that we all have a voice in how our community gets developed.

Please read through this site and join us, support us, and continue to follow this fight.

Below are the links to the pages originally created for the Patrick Farm fight which will be updated:

• Overdevelopment
• Compromised water (Aquifer)
• Visual degradation
• Traffic congestion
• Higher Taxes
• Lower Property Values
• Compromised Safety,
• Lower Property Values and
• Historic Disrespect

These are the primary concerns of ROSA supporters. Together, we can advocate for our own rights in the face of development pressure to transform all of Ramapo into higher density multi family housing without adjustments for zoning areas and environmental concerns.