EVERGREEN COURT FIRE, LOHUD, AUGUST 2023

SPRING VALLEY − Rockland's NAACP leaders have ripped apart a lenient no-jail plea deal for the two men who admitted causing the 2021 fatal adult home blaze during which a firefighter and resident died.  In a letter to County Court Judge Kevin Russo, and District Attorney Thomas Walsh, the three leaders contend the no-jail deal "does not adequately address the crimes as indicated by the indictment."

They urged Walsh to publicly defend his decision and the judge to reconsider his support for the proposed sentence.

The NAACP letter also raised the specter that historically people of color have not gotten a lenient plea deal as given to the two Monsey rabbis. More at NAACP leaders call DA's plea deal unfair in Evergreen Court fire (lohud.com)