- A former nursing home mogul from Suffern was sentenced Thursday to 3 years in federal prison for a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he owned across the country Department of Labor for the employee 401K Benefit Plan he sponsored His sentence included paying restitution of $5 million and a $100,000 fine Schwartz faced a maximum prison term of five years for employment tax fraud and a $250,000 fine from U.S owned and managed the Skyline Management Group LLC Skyline Management and other Schwartz-related companies owned and managed 95 health care and rehabilitation facilities operating in at least 11 states Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba said in a news release making him responsible for all of its financial decisions regarding the daily operation of its health care and rehabilitation facilities According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court Schwartz failed to pay employment taxes relating to numerous health care and rehabilitation facilities that Skyline operated The indictment charged that Schwartz was required to pay over to the Internal Revenue Service trust fund taxes withheld from the pay of employees of Skyline Management and related companies Schwartz withheld taxes from his employees’ pay but failed to pay $38 million in employment taxes to the IRS Suicide fencing at Hudson Valley bridges Over 100 people have died by suicide at 5 Hudson Valley bridges. Could fencing help? As an administrator of the Skyline employee 401K plan Schwartz had an obligation to file an annual Form 5500 financial report for 2018 with the U.S Schwartz's failure to file the IRS form related to the company's 401K retirement plan carried a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison and the same $250,000 fine Schwartz also owned and controlled an insurance brokerage business Schwartz built up the Skyline nursing home empire through his brokerage business. The 22-count indictment also accused Schwartz of a widespread scheme of self-dealing, which prosecutors argued enriched him and helped finance his business expansion that allowed him to purchase dozens of nursing homes across the country Child porn offender gets 40 years: Repeat Westchester child porn offender sentenced to 40 years in federal prison The Department of Justice argued that his failures to pay employment and unemployment taxes affected more than 15,000 employees at 95 facilities in 11 states His IRS debt reportedly led to the 2018 collapse of the management firm and its Skyline Healthcare subsidiary Some states took over his facilities through receivership over concerns about residents getting food and medicine Schwartz also has reportedly been criminally charged in Arkansas in a separate $3.6 million case of Medicaid fraud and failing to pay more than $2 million withheld from his Arkansas employees’ paychecks from July 2017 to July 2018 according to the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office “Schwartz admits he willfully failed to pay over employment taxes basically stealing money from his employees and the IRS,” the FBI's Newark Special Agent in Charge James E Dennehy said when Schwartz pleaded guilty in January 2024 "Other fraudsters currently committing the same fraud should pay attention to the lesson Schwartz learned the hard way – don't cheat the taxman," Dennehy said Read Schwartz's New Jersey indictment here UPDATED with financial penalties during sentencing Steve Lieberman covers government, breaking news, courts, police, and investigations. Reach him at slieberm@lohud.com Twitter: @lohudlegalRead more articles and bio Our local coverage is only possible with support from our readers This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Get important news about your town as it happens Get the top stories from across our network Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from daily updates A beloved Rockland County bar and live music venue is preparing for its final round of cheers under current ownership before it closes for renovations Rhodes North Tavern a longtime staple in Sloatsburg located at 40 Orange Turnpike according to a social media announcement by Jenny Rhodes on Friday The restaurant and bar will close for reservations beginning Saturday with its last full day of service on Friday when the venue will host a "Farewell Rhodes Party" featuring Mr “Rhodes North Tavern has been sold!!!” Rhodes wrote in her post “The last day open will be Friday May 9th… Thank you all for your love and constant support.”  In the days leading up to the farewell celebration the tavern has lined up a full slate of events:  While she did not give more details about the sale Rhodes assured loyal patrons that the future looks bright under the new ownership "The new owners have big plans for the restaurant and bar (I'm very excited) and I will keep you all posted with updates on what is happening!!" Rhodes wrote also adding that she would remain on staff The Mounties put on a third period show and came away from the NYSPHSAA Division I championship game at LECOM Harborcenter Sunday with a 3-1 win over West Genesee It was the program’s third state title in three seasons "Our expectation was to win a state championship again this year so when that final buzzer went off all the hard work we put in really paid off," Suffern junior forward Sean Tyrell said after earning MVP honors "It shows what the culture is like with this team I was younger last year and didn't have the role I had this year From a team perspective this one doesn't feel any different but from an individual perspective it was a little different We've got two state championships in two years Suffern won last season with an experienced team and repeated with only a handful of veterans on the roster "It's awesome," Mounties senior goalie C.J Sgueglia said by phone on the bus ride home These longtime state powers know each other well so it was a high stress contest the entire way "We knew it was going to be a defensive battle a tight game," said Suffern coach Rob Schelling "One of the things we stressed to the boys was to be patient It was going to be hard to score and I was happy with the fact they stayed composed." Tyrell sent a pass across the ice to Matt Norum who went over the left shoulder of Wildcats goalie Luke Beck three minutes into the third to open the scoring there was an emotional shift," Schelling said "We knew going into the third period that first goal was going to be huge Sean can explode up the ice and his speed was a big advantage for us." Tyrell chased a puck down in neutral ice nine minutes later and with a power play about to expire got a defender on his left hip and scored top shelf to give the Mounties a 2-0 cushion "I had a really good chance in the first period that I missed so I was pumped the rest of the game," Tyrell said I knew something special was going to happen so once I saw there was a forward and a defenseman with their feet toward me I knew it was time for me to go and I put that one home." Mounties defenders Schaefer Pinotti and Sean McCarthy both played heavy and productive minutes but West Genesee’s Jacob Pensabe rattled some nerves when he scored on a wrister from the point with 2:10 remaining to half the lead "That kid literally started playing hockey three years ago," Schelling noted we needed another goalie and he decided to give it a shot and now a starting goalie and all-tournament in the final four and a state champion." Sgueglia is the rare Suffern headliner who didn't grow up in skates "I have to give credit to my coaches and my team," he said The guys in practice help make me better and I have a strong work ethic Phil McCarthy added an empty-net goal with 30 seconds to play helping the Mounties (22-2) gain a measure of revenge Pinotti and Matt Norum earned all-tournament honors These guys don't need to stop for directions Suffern had another state title run mapped out before the season began and scored four unanswered goals Saturday to post a 4-1 win over Shenendehowa in a NYSPHSAA Division I semifinal at LECOM Harborcenter in Buffalo who came home with a championship a year ago Suffern will be making a fourth consecutive appearance in the Division I title game and will play West Genesee at 2 p.m we had a lot of guys returning so we knew we'd be in the mix and we won it," Mounties coach Rob Schelling said 'How good are we going to be?' We don't really have many guys who got any ice time last year From a coaching standpoint it's just been incredible because they work so hard and they did everything the right way." Suffern also brought home a championship in 2022 Most of the newcomers in the rotation have been watching games and taking mental notes at Sport-O-Rama for years and years "And that is the great thing about our program and our tradition," Mounties senior Sean McCarthy said we've been coming to the games on Friday nights While this kind of a run is not unprecedented in Section 1 it does put Suffern in select company with two other legacy programs Suffern is the first team from Section 1 to play in four consecutive NYSPHSAA title games since Somers football Lakeland field hockey advanced to 11 finals between 2009 and 2019 Yorktown lacrosse made five state title game appearances between 1989 and 1993 Living up to expectations season after season is not easy "It makes us work harder," Mounties senior Phil McCarthy said how a lot of people kind of overlooked us and kind of said "Suffern isn't as good as it was,' but we definitely use it as motivation and we're right back here in the finals I learned so much from watching the seniors." Extending a string of 15 consecutive Section 1 championship appearances will likely require even more dedication in the future Everyone plays their role to the best of their ability." All of the playoff experience paid dividends on Saturday Julien Overton came in on a diagonal six minutes into the second period and got the Plainsmen on the board with a 4-on-4 goal redirecting a Philip McCarthy shot from the top of the circle less than four minutes later Suffern kept the pressure on but ran into some bad luck hitting the goalie's stick handle and the crossbar in the closing minutes of the second period "We were down 2-0 in the semifinals last year and we came back and won,"Tyrell said we can come back and win.' We're always there for each other The game plan from coach was to keep doing our thing even if we did get down a goal We knew it was going to come eventually and we'd bump in a few." Sgueglia made a point-blank save with 11:04 to play and McCarthy unleashed a power-play wrister four minutes later that made the water bottle jump Sgueglia got in the way again when a Suffern defender fell down leaving him 1-on-1 with Tyler Rodriguez with 2:55 to play Tyrell centered to McCarthy for a 3-1 lead Suffern (21-2) has gone back and forth with West Genny for years and fell 4-1 when the upstate-downstate rivals met Dec "At the beginning of the season our goal is to play until the final game," Tyrell said "We want to be with each other as long as possible." Sf: Phil McCarthy 3G; Matthew Norum 2G; Sean Tyrell 2G Note: Tyrell recorded his 100th career point The Mounties advance to the NYSPHSAA final four in Buffalo for the fourth straight season and will play Shenendehowa Ramapo police said Walmart in Suffern was evacuated Sunday Chris Franklin said two parties entered the store at around 7:15 p.m Sunday and informed employees that they had a bomb and left shortly after prompting a temporary evacuation of the store Franklin said the threat did not appear credible but the incident remains under investigation All patrons were safely evacuated from the building and no explosives were found in that incident Franklin said it was still unclear if the two bomb threats were related Anyone with information on the bomb threat made in Suffern is asked to call the Ramapo Police Department at 845-357-2400 Anyone with information related to the threat made against the Ardsley Country Club is asked to contact the Irvington Police Department at 914-591-8080 that a $19.4 million project to update two 1950s-era Thruway bridges in Suffern is now underway of Mount Vernon are slated to repair concrete substructure and steel superstructure as well as completely replace the concrete deck and parapets with precast concrete deck panels on the bridge over Route 202 and Wayne Avenue Crews will also construct new bridge joints on the bridge span over the Mahwah River “My administration is firmly committed to rehabilitating roads and bridges across the state,” Hochul said ensuring a smoother ride for the tens of thousands of regional travelers who use this vital Thruway corridor each day.” Of interest: Trucks crashing into Thruway bridges are a 'plague.' Who pays for repairs, traffic misery? The Thruway Authority said work on the bridges both of which are at least 70 years old and within a tenth of a mile apart Other project improvements will include rehabilitating median drainage structures building new median barriers and installing new pavement markings The New York State Thruway Authority said drivers will encounter some traffic delays and lane shifts between exit 14B near Airmont Road and exit 15 near New Jersey Route 17 as the project develops Three travel lanes in each direction will remain open on I-87 throughout the duration of the renovations which the New York State Thruway Authority estimates over 120,000 vehicles travel daily The Thruway Authority said motorists should be alert and follow the posted speed limits in work zones Work on the project is scheduled to be completed by fall of 2026 BREWSTER — Sometimes winning is about being lucky The Suffern ice hockey team won its 38th Section 1 championship in a 4-0 shutout at Brewster Ice Arena Sunday thanks to a mix of both — but mostly Suffern relied on talent who've been to the state Division 1 championship the last four years and won it two of the last three years weathered a scoreless first period against second-seed Rivertowns before scoring two goals in 20 seconds in the second period en route to the win who has been on varsity for three years but only began starting this year the shutout was his second major performance in as many games He also was between the pipes in Suffern's 5-0 semifinal win The luck part in Suffern's win came when a first-period Legends shot deflected off of a Suffern defenseman's stick going over Sgueglia and striking the crossbar gobbled up shots and added one spectacular glove save on Saxon Frank's ripped one-timer with 5:49 left in the first period He had stopped everything shot at him until 11:09 was left in the second period he made a good save on a deflected shot but didn't get all of the puck which slipped behind him and was on the goal line Watch: Suffern defeats Mamaroneck in Section 1 ice hockey semifinal at Sport-O-Rama Suffern freshman forward Tynan Cosgrove was in the right spot at the right time pushing it over the line to score not only his first goal of the season but what proved to be the game-winner The loss was the first this season fo now-21-1 Rivertowns will play in the state Division 1 regional semifinals Saturday vs That game will be played at Ice Time in Newburgh with the puck drop tentatively scheduled for 10:30 a.m Anthony Bieber had the assist on Cosgrove's score which came with 11:09 remaining in the second period Bieber's name had just been announced over the PA when Suffern senior Sean Tyrrell netted his first of two goals it was of the right-place/right-time category the puck caromed off toward O'Hagan's right post Two goals in 20 seconds and the momentum arrow clearly pointed Suffern's way Suffern went on a power play after a Legends slash O'Hagan made a great stop on a point-blank one-timer but Tyrrell slammed in a rebound off a Bieber shot to put the Mounties up 3-0 with 8:34 still left in the second period Any slim chance Rivertowns had for a comeback was undercut by it taking a couple more penalties in the period one a five-minute major that carried over to the third period But good defense and a couple of fine O'Hagan stops from in tight kept the score 3-0 which has now won the last six Section 1 D1 championships (none was held in 2021 due to COVID) also displayed good D with Sean McCarthy blocking a shot Sgueglia had a very good save on a Aidan Balkin shot Suffern's final goal was McCarthy's long empty-netter with 2:56 left in the third period said his team had enjoyed its finest season motivated in part by its heartbreaking playoff loss last year to the Mount Pleasant Ice Cats "We never wanted to feel that pain again," he said Sunday's pain came with too many penalties and Suffern ultimately playing harder adding: "They were just more hungry than us we had so much momentum going," Sgueglia said crediting Suffern's dominance at hockey to its "great culture," saying who followed three older brothers onto the team indicated he's optimistic about his team's chances going forward this season "We have depth and we're a team that always has each other's back,” Tyrell said Nancy Haggerty covers cross-country, track & field, field hockey, skiing, ice hockey, basketball, girls lacrosse and other sporting events for The Journal News/lohud. Follow her on Twitter at @HaggertyNancy with no two days and no two schools exactly alike our photographers find what makes our school days anything but ordinary the people and programs and events that make a difference Check back to lohud.com for our lohud in our schools feature each Monday Sixth-grade art students at Suffern Middle School created small medieval-style towers using cardboard plaster and other materials The students designed windows doors and decorative borders focusing on how towers symbolize protection and community students explored the concept of belonging by drawing connections between how medieval towers provided safety and how people create spaces of belonging in their lives "Medieval towers weren't just for defense," said art teacher Julia Pickard "They were placed where people came together and felt safe just like how communities today make us feel like we belong." Explore Suffern NY: Check out these historic sites and places to go Students added details to their towers that represented their own sense of community "students talked about how the idea of belonging in medieval times through building their towers is still important today in how we create places where we feel safe and connected." Rockland News - It's Local that Matters The highly anticipated Suffern Restaurant Week is back for two special sessions: Sunday This exciting event offers an exclusive opportunity to experience some of Suffern’s finest restaurants at an unbeatable price Participating restaurants will offer a 3-4 course dinner menu for just $35.99 It’s the perfect chance to explore new flavors The lineup features a mix of longtime favorites and exciting new additions: Diners can also take part in two exclusive contests: 🚨 Deadline to submit photos: February 28🏆 Three winners will be chosen For parking details, visit the Village of Suffern Parking Page to find available lots Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to enjoy amazing food at fantastic prices and indulge in Suffern’s best dining experiences Filed Under: Town of Ramapo Copyright © 2025 · RockWeb Systems Inc. · All rights reserved. · Privacy Policy our photographers train their craft on what makes this place our place Check lohud.com every Friday to see where our photographer went for our newest lohud on location feature Located in the western-most part of Rockland County, the Village of Suffern resides in the Town of Ramapo is approximately 2.5 square miles in size and has a population of around 11,500 residents like the Suffern Railroad Museum and the "Little Flat Iron" building NY – The Village of Suffern introduced a new tradition with its Breakfast with Santa The event combined holiday cheer with meaningful community giving benefiting homeless veterans and the National Veteran’s Suicide Hotline More than 300 residents attended the event enjoying a delicious breakfast and moments of festive fun with Santa was the overwhelming generosity of the community which helped raise thousands of dollars to support veterans in need “The smiles on the kids’ faces were the best part of the day,” said Village of Suffern Mayor Michael Curley “But knowing we raised significant funds for homeless veterans and the Veteran Suicide Hotline filled me with inspiration and pride.” with American Legion Post 859 playing a key role in ensuring its success Additional support came from the Suffern Department of Public Works (DPW) Mayor Curley also extended special thanks to former mayors Dagan LaCorte and Ed Markunas for their contributions to the event This event not only brings holiday magic to Suffern but also underscores the village’s commitment to supporting those who have served our country “This is one of the best events of the year.” Filed Under: Community, News, Suffern NY – Suffern Little League invites the community to join in an opening day celebration on Saturday will march from Village Hall to the Suffern Sports Complex Filed Under: News, Suffern SUFFERN — The saying has been around in one form or another for decades even said something to the effect that the best offense is a good defense Judging from what occurred during Friday night's rivalry game between North Rockland and Suffern it would be hard to find fault with the logic North Rockland scored four touchdowns in routing the host Mounties 30-0 at Suffern Middle School Three of those touchdowns occurred after North Rockland got the ball by stopping Suffern on fourth down North Rockland won the battle of the trenches on both sides of the ball The Red Raiders limited Suffern star running back Jeph Joseph to just 43 yards on 11 carries sometimes nailing him in the backfield the second he got the handoff the North Rockland line created holes that allowed its own star running back, Johnson never seems to need much of a hole to do that Given his speed and side-to-side quickness And Friday he moved through holes both big and small while raising his season touchdown total to 17 14 and 50 yards and totalled 201 yards in all as North Rockland won its fifth straight game to increase its season mark to 6-2 Play of the gameThe tone of the game was set early Noah Hahn recovered a Mounties' opening squib kickoff that kangarooed high off the turf and then off the hands of a North Rockland player on the North Rockland 38 Suffern couldn't muster much from there and ended up punting It was Suffern's failure to convert on fourth down that led to much of its misery North Rockland scored after Suffern turned the ball over on fourth down on the North Rockland 7 and Suffern's 44- and 46-yard line the Mounties had a third-and-goal from the North Rockland 1 A poor snap and then a fourth-down fumbled snap gave the ball to North Rockland on its own 7 Johnson was galloping 53 yards for the score to put the Red Raiders up 6-0 with 5:51 left in the second quarter North Rockland's scored again before the first half ended Suffern went to work from its own 36 after getting the kickoff But North Rockland got penetration and a rush lost a yard resulting in Suffern turning over the ball North Rockland made it a two-touchdown advantage when after quarterback Chase Perini found wide receiver Ryan Jaslow open for a 29-yard pickup he found him again with an 18-yard scoring strike Perini threw the ball perfectly over a defensive back's hands and into the hands of Jaslow That occurred with just 13.7 seconds left in the half Johnson then ran in a two-point conversion An early Suffern second-half drive quickly fizzled after quarterback Mason Polombo hit Finnegan Mitchell with a quick pass over the middle for a 12-yard gain to the Suffern 44 on a fourth-and-one from the North Rocland 48 It lined up to punt but instead Collin Pringle took the snap and broke for the right sideline North Rockland subsequently had a 46-yard touchdown called back for a hold but didn't seem fazed immediately starting a drive that was helped out by unsportsmanlike conduct call on Suffern Johnson ran up the middle and into the end zone After Suffern's next possession ended in a punt a couple of plays after a huge sack by Michael Garofal-Heavner That came with 2:44 left in the third quarter North Rockland stopped Suffern on another fourth down It later got its final two points via a safety off a short pass with Johnson making the tackle Javon Lawrence had four carries for 38 yards Perini had six for 29 and Chris Norman had three for 23 Perini was also five-for-six passing for 57 yards Polumbo threw for 66 yards and rushed for 29 Jake Tarrant had 34 yards receiving and Mitchell had 32 Michael Cromwell picked up 31 yards rushing for the Mounties. Jamar Aguillard led Suffern's defense with four tackles who praised his assistant coaches' role in the win specifically naming defensive coordinator Joe Gizzi said his team's "physicality" was a big reason for the win We have elite speed on offense and defense." 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