Rockland County Warming Center Opening As Cold Weather Looms

NEW CITY, NY — As the weather slowly turns wintery, officials and civic leaders have already started plans to make sure no one is left out in the cold this season.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Social Services Joan Silvestri announced that the Rockland County Warming Center will be opening next week. Catholic Charities will once again be operating the Warming Center for up to 75 homeless single adults at the Dr. Robert L. Yeager Health Center in Pomona.

"This Warming Center will continue to help our most vulnerable residents in Rockland remain warm and safe," said Day. "I am immensely proud of this effort and our partnership with Catholic Charities. Guests are offered a warm place to rest, showers, and laundry services with staff available to assist with benefits and referrals."

The Warming Center will operate from November 1 through April 2023. The center will open each night regardless of the temperature and remain open during the day when the temperature is 32 degrees or below, including wind chill.

The center will open on Monday, November 1, at 5 p.m. The locations and times where individuals can be picked up for transportation to the center are:

• Nyack at 7 p.m., Broadway and Burd in front of the First Reformed Church of Nyack.
• Haverstraw at 7:30 p.m., Commuter Parking Lot across from Village Hall.
• Spring Valley at 5:30 p.m., 6:10 p.m. & 8:15 p.m., Spring Valley Bus and Train Station.
• Pomona at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday only, Building L Bus Shelter.

More information is available by calling 845-828-3637 or 845-364-2346.

The Rockland County Department of Social Services will continue to run its long-established Emergency Family Shelter for children and families.