“We are not voting to give Rockland Green permission to take over Hi-Tor,” said Hofstein. Rockland Green needs approval from Albany to change its charter before the issue comes back to the legislature to be considered. By several accounts, Phillips has urged the legislature to move forward with a vote on Tuesday so the Authority’s request can be considered by state officials before the state legislative session wraps up in early June.

In additional to a handful of legislators who are seeking more information on the plan presented by Rockland Green’s Chairman Howard Phillips, who is also Haverstraw Town Supervisor, Hi-Tor board members, staff, volunteers, and residents want more than broad brush answers about the Authority’s desire to potentially take over the shelter.īut those in search of answers are going to have to wait.

On April 7, two Rockland County legislative committees unanimously approved the Authority’s request, but legislators Lon Hofstein and Alden Wolfe asked for more information, specifically financial projections, employment, and concrete data on how Rockland Green would incorporate the shelter into its raft of functions that focus on recycling and waste. The Authority wants to “expand the authority’s purposes, powers and responsibilities” to include animal management services to potentially put Hi-Tor Animal Shelter of Pomona under its umbrella. The Rockland County Legislature on Tuesday is expected to greenlight a request by Rockland Green (the former Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority) to allow the Authority to ask the New York State Legislature to introduce “home rule” legislation that gives the Authority the ability to change its charter.

Rockland County Legislature Expected To Greenlight Rockland Green’s Request To Ask NY State For A Change In Its Charter NEWS ANALYSIS

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