The Monroe Gazette

The Monroe Gazette

Will Anyone Stop This Small Town Politician From Willfully Spreading Disinformation?

In the small upstate Village of Woodbury, New York, a Democrat named James Frieband is trying his hand at being the local equivalent to Donald Trump with disastrous results for the community.

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B.J. Mendelson
Aug 22, 2024
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Above: The gated home of Bernard “Bernie” Jacobowitz, an original plaintiff in a lawsuit to dissolve the Village of South Blooming Grove to allow for a mega real estate project to proceed over the objections of area residents. The company behind the mega-development, known as Clovewood, has received a quarter of a million dollars in fines from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and has ignored numerous stop-work orders, resulting in at least one near-fatal injury and lawsuit.

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