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This week County Executive Ed Day met with an unlikely donor to secure additional funding for a new county animal shelter.
Pit bull mix Roo presented Executive Day with two checks totaling $472,578 at the Hi Tor Animal Care Center in Pomona to be used for the construction of a new shelter building.
“We are so thankful to Hi Tor and all of the folks who donated to their shelter fund over the years for this contribution,” said Day.
“We will put this funding to good use in building the new state of the art facility to care for our County’s animals. We had expected roughly $350,000 from Hi Tor, so this amount is a pleasant surprise which will reduce the amount of County tax dollars going to the project.”
By Susan Arbetter New York State UPDATED 7:24 PM ET May. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:34 PM ET May. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:34 PM EDT May. 24, 2021
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The East Ramapo Central School District in Rockland County has been troubled for years. At its heart, it’s educational segregation. On its face, it’s a collision of race and culture.
About 30,000 white children represent 99% of the private school population. These are ultra-Orthodox children who attend private Yeshivas.
About 9,000 students of color represent 96% of the public school population.
Yet fiscal monitors report that the school board, which is dominated by members of the ultra-Orthodox community, has funded bussing and special education for the Yeshivas, to the detriment of the public schools where teachers and programs have been cut, gr
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