Rockland County

Rockland County officials announced Wednesday they have lifted the Modified Stage II Water Emergency restrictions effective immediately. As the tri-state faced a serious and widespread drought, this New York county instituted mandatory restrictions on water usage as a way to ensure that water levels don’t drop too low. Rockland County declared a stage II water emergency last month. The...

More than 5,000 polio vaccines have been administered in Rockland County since the confirmed case of polio was detected in a local resident earlier this summer, according to county officials. New York began wastewater surveillance after an unvaccinated adult caught polio in Rockland County in July and suffered from paralysis, the first known infection in the U.S. in nearly a…

The family of the Spring Valley volunteer firefighter who was killed last year in a devastating fire at an adult home has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Volunteer firefighter Jared Lloyd’s mother says the death of her only son — who died a hero in March of 2021 battling a fire at the Evergreen Court adult home in Spring…

The family of a volunteer firefighter who was killed last year has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Sarah Wallace reports.

The levels in the Ramapo River and Reservoir are so low in Rockland Count that the city has decided to limit water use, Lynda Baquero reports.

Rockland County is one of the first areas in our region to implement water restrictions. Ida Siegal reports.

A New York town is pulling the plug on a volunteer ambulance corps that has been in operation since 1947, citing serious issues — but the corps’ leadership claims the move is in retaliation for lawsuits they’ve filed.

The town of Ramapo is pulling the plug on a volunteer ambulance corps that has been in operation since the 1940s — and the corps says that the closure is a form of retaliation for lawsuits they filed. Sarah Wallace reports.

As a serious and widespread drought continues for the tri-state, one New York county is instituting mandatory restrictions on water usage as a way to ensure that water levels don’t drop too low.

Polio has now been found in New York City wastewater samples, suggesting the virus is spreading, Melissa Colorado reports.

NYC health officials dropped the news Friday. Here’s what it means.

The virus that causes paralytic polio infections has been detected in New York City wastewater samples, state and city health officials jointly announced Friday, sounding the latest in a series of escalating alarms about potentially ongoing community spread of the once-dreaded childhood disease declared eradicated in the United States more than 40 years ago. Concerns about the re-emergence of another…

Ongoing hot and dry conditions in New Jersey has prompted a drought watch throughout the state, Brian Thompson reports.

New York state health officials have issued a more urgent call for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible “community spread” of the virus. Health officials said Thursday that the polio virus has now been found in seven different wastewater samples in two adjacent counties north of New York City. So far, only...

New York has one confirmed polio case but health officials say wastewater surveillance indicates there may be hundreds of people infected. While most Americans are vaccinated against polio, experts say the case should serve as a wake-up call to those who aren’t. Here’s what you need to know.

There are new concerns about the potential spread of polio in New York, with the state health commissioner saying there could be “hundreds” of people infected as new evidence shows the virus has been found in samples from multiple counties. The state health department, which launched wastewater surveillance earlier this month after officials announced the first confirmed U.S. polio...

Polio has now been found in wastewater samples from two different locations in Orange County, raising concerns that the virus is spreading, Sarah Wallace reports.

The CDC has detected more polio virus in more Hudson Valley wastewater samples, now in a different New York county — and state health officials are now warning that the latest environmental evidence “further indicates potential community spread” of a childhood disease that the United States declared eradicated more than four decades ago. The state health department, which launched wastewater…

The polio virus was detected in wastewater samples from the suburban county near New York City where an unvaccinated adult recently contracted the life-threatening disease, but health officials said Tuesday they have not identified any additional cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the presence of the virus was detected in wastewater samples collected in early June from…

Following a Rockland County resident coming down with the first case of polio in almost a decade, the Rockland County Health Department has set up vaccine clinics, Chris Jose reports.