What a disgrace.
On Saturday, the Village of Spring Valley plastered notices on cars telling residents to move their vehicles by Saturday night. Spring Valley Police followed up Sunday morning with loudspeakers going block to block. All very nice. Lots of announcements. Lots of noise.
Then the snow came early Sunday morning.
By Sunday evening, the streets were somewhat plowed. Not great, but acceptable for Sunday.
But then came Monday. And that’s when everything fell apart.
By early Monday morning, residents fully expected Spring Valley to look like neighboring villages and towns, especially the Town of Ramapo, which was spotless and fully passable.
Instead, Spring Valley turned into a traffic nightmare.
Cars were stuck. Buses were backed up. Vehicles couldn’t move. Side streets were left packed with snow and ice. Drivers were spinning their wheels just trying to get out of parking spots or make it down the block. Some cars couldn’t climb even the slightest incline because the streets were never properly plowed.
And plow trucks? Nowhere to be seen.
Yes, maybe one pass here or there, but nothing close to what a functioning DPW is supposed to deliver.
Monday came and went. No improvement.
Then came Tuesday. Surely by Tuesday morning, surely, everything would finally be cleared.
Wrong again.
It is now Tuesday afternoon, and Spring Valley remains a mess. Gridlock traffic. Buses stuck. Cars still getting stuck. Residents afraid to drive because roads are uneven, icy, and dangerous. Meanwhile, every surrounding town that got the same exact snowfall is clean and passable.
To be clear, the Village Board does a lot and is often very helpful to residents, and that deserves recognition. But on this issue, the system failed, completely, and something must change immediately.
What makes this even more frustrating is that Spring Valley didn’t always operate like this.
Not long ago, the village had a real, functioning DPW. There were seven plow trucks, seven employees, and a DPW Director named Ray Canario. Under his leadership, streets were clean, snowstorms were handled, and residents weren’t left stranded.
He was fired by the previous mayor, for no clear reason.
Today, residents are told there are four trucks, three workers, and somehow this is supposed to be enough to handle a full village during a major storm.
It isn’t.
This isn’t about politics. It’s about basic services. Residents pay taxes and deserve roads they can safely drive on, especially days after a storm has ended.
Spring Valley residents were left stranded. That’s the reality.
And it cannot continue.
Yanky T.
Spring Valley Resident
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Dissolve The Village right now
Guy please join the new campaign to collect signatures , we need 100 families 30 signatures per family, 15 the husband 15 the wife.
Bh we have already 23 families committed
Go out and protest in front of surly Eisenbach house and all the other trustees that make us crazy to go out and vote on voting day because otherwise there’s going to be disaster and yet all they delivered is disaster
He works very hard! Don’t do that to him!
New Hempstead was also disaster. First time in >35 years. Unsure of reason.
New Hempstead side roads had issues because the snow was coming down so hard that main roads needed more frequent passes. They had to do fewer passes on the side roads because of that. While it wasn’t perfect, when I came home at 11am on Monday it was clear enough that there should have been no issue getting any car to the main roads.
New Hempstead history was frequent plowing throughout snowstorm, no matter the amount of snow falling. Have seen larger snowfalls in past 35 years with better management.
Spring Valley you failed and failed again and again
Where is the dpw director of spring valley that was fired for politic issues
And now they woke up – during worst rush hours – to block off major streets to start cleaning. Do it at night for gods sake. We waited 3 days we can wait another 5 hours!!!
Instead of complaining on social media, you should contact the new mayor abd city council if spring valley
Dissolve The Village right now. We have already given too many chances to the village trustees. And stop the corruption.
Contact now dissolvingsv@gmail.com
Get the petition and collect signatures and all will be good iyh
one hundred percent true, what a shame on spring valley!
Shame on you village of spring valley!! Never ever will I go out to vote again! Full of lies!!
Spring Valley has become a political system the more you vote for them the less they do, let’s vote out the mayer and all trustees and desolve the police department that is full of corruption, or we dismantle the village entirely!!!!
For all of you playing the blame game, you should put the blame and the fingers on the guy who had a personal vendetta against Ray Canario. That was Tony Mallia, the guy who was “supposed” to be an aid for the mayor. His personal vendettas towards Ray Canario where based on the fact that Randi Mallia (Tonys wife) did nothing but got a pay check regardless. Ray, was outspoken about it. The village paying someone who does nothing and walked around like she was a queen because of who her husband was. You know who spearheaded the firing of Ray?? Trustee Josef Gross, who at the time was the deputy mayor. Tony Mallia and Trustee Gross worked hand in hand doing things behind the mayors back. What they should have done was allocate money for new plow trucks, more employees and everything the DPW needed to service Spring Valley. What they have been doing is everything in their power to let the village fail on purpose. Why?? Because they WANT Ramapo to take over.
This is not incompetence. This is willful misconduct.
The Village of Spring Valley has knowingly placed—or contracted—a Department of Public Works overseer whose background, qualifications, and criminal history raise grave and disqualifying concerns, in direct contradiction of basic standards for public service, public trust, and public safety.
If public records confirm that this individual is a convicted felon, then the Village did not merely make a bad hire—it knowingly violated the spirit, and possibly the letter, of the law. That is not an oversight. That is a decision.
And the results speak for themselves.
Residents are being choked by arrogance, paralyzed by incompetence, and dismissed with open contempt. Infrastructure has deteriorated. Services are failing. Accountability is nonexistent. Questions are met with stonewalling. Complaints are met with hostility. This is government by ego instead of governance by duty.
A DPW supervisor is not a ceremonial role. It directly impacts public safety, sanitation, roads, emergency access, and quality of life. Putting an unqualified individual with a troubling record in that position is not just reckless—it is dangerous.
The Village Board and Mayor cannot plead ignorance.
If they approved this hire or contract knowing the facts, then they own every consequence.
If they did not know, then their failure of due diligence is itself disqualifying.
Either way, the residents of Spring Valley are paying the price.
This demands:
• Immediate disclosure of the hiring or contracting process
• Verification of qualifications and background
• A public explanation of how and why this decision was made
• And swift corrective action, not excuses
Spring Valley is not a dumping ground for arrogance or political favors.
The residents deserve competence, integrity, and respect—not to be strangled by bureaucratic indifference and unchecked ego.
Silence now is complicity.
Trustee Smith, Trustee Kaufman, Trustee Eisenbach – please consider voting to bring back Ray Canario as DPW Director. He needs your support. Yosef Hersh Gross removed him from his position due to political differences, NOT because of performance issues. His removal has led to significant issues during the recent snowstorm. As a Spring Valley resident, I’m asking for your help in bringing him back.
We are proud of our SV trustees! You do a good work
Yeah sure🤮
The Spring Valley village trustees and officials put in a lot of hard work behind the scenes. It’s easy to judge, but many of them truly care about the village and do their best every day. They deserve appreciation, not dismissal.
Worst village ever in every point.
Where is this all Money we pay in tax go to?????????????????