Illegal Yeshiva Angers Ramapo Residents

In the blink of an eye, it went from a quiet single-family home to a busy private school, and on Thursday a Rockland County town filed court papers seeking to shut down a Yeshiva that it claims opened illegally.
Two weeks ago the house at 97 Highview Rd. in Suffern was a single-family home, until one morning.
"All of a sudden it was a school," said Bob Stevens, who neighbors the home. "It's definitely illegal, a very serious situation."
Added neighbor Annette Doerr: "They haven't filed for the permits for a school, there's no sprinkler system. There's 65 little boys in a single family home."

Doerr said the pictures tell the story. Every weekday, buses pull up, dozens of boys get out and go into the house, which is now a Yeshiva a school for Hasidic boys. It's also a source of frustration for nearby residents.
"They just moved in and started the school. They're disregarding the law, they're not supposed to be here as a school," said Doerr.

Building and fire inspectors visited the Yeshiva on Thursday. Ramapo town officials said the school opened illegally. The building doesn't have the required sprinkler system or emergency exits.
CBS 2 tried to ask Rabbi Samuel Gross why he opened the school without permits, but nobody inside the home would come to the door.
"They say they want to be good neighbors, but they're not gonna be. They can't be," said Stevens.
Highview Road is a busy thoroughfare with no shoulder for the school buses to stop on, so they pull into the narrow driveway, and sometimes get stuck.
"It's definitely disrupted our lives. It's noisy, it's not the right place for it," said Doerr.
The town of Ramapo has issued building violations and is taking steps to get an injunction to shut the school down. Neighbors want the school to learn a lesson about following the fire code and obeying the law.
Zoning law does allow a private school in a home, but only after a lengthy approval process and site review.

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[Heyde1979]

@aron6657 do you want the property to burn to the ground if catches fire

[SuperLokinator]

@ aron6657, if people value the wellbeing and safety of their children they would install a sprinkler system. As expected, they are valuing their wallets more than their kin. Sprinkler systems are an expense they decided to nix. What a warped way of living; it makes me sick. I'm glad people complained. I would be livid if this took place in my neighborhood!

[SuperLokinator]

Surprise, surprise...these people do whatever the fuck they want. They don't care who they disturb or whether its within the law or not. Get with the program! If you want to live here obviously milking everything you possibly can, follow the law.

[BrooklynNotQueens]

ברוך אתה יהוה אלוהינו מלך העולם שלא עשני חסיד

[aron6657]

What does those BAD nieghbors care if there is no sprinkler sistem in the building?