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Wesley Hills is a village in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States. It is located north of Viola, east of Harriman State Park, south of Pomona, and west of New Hempstead. The population was 5,628 at the 2010 census. Joseph Berger of ''The New York Times'' said in a 1997 article that Wesley Hills was one of several Ramapo villages formed by non-Jewish people and more secular Jewish people "to preserve the sparse Better Homes and Garden ambiance that attracted them to Rockland County."〔Berger, Joseph. "(Growing Pains for a Rural Hasidic Enclave )." ''The New York Times''. January 13, 1997.〕 A decade after the ''New York Times'' 1997 article, Wesley Hills retains its upscale, upstate, "foothills of the mountains" ambiance but has integrated itself seamlessly with Monsey, its predominantly Orthodox Jewish neighbor on its southern border. While no official count is available, about half of this community attends one of the ten or more Orthodox Jewish synagogues in the area. ==Geography== Wesley Hills is located at (41.155795, -74.075257). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and 0.30% is water. The current mayor is Marshall Katz. He was appointed by the previous mayor, Robert Frankl, in January 2008. Goldsmith ran unopposed in March 2008. In 2012 he was re-elected with less than 52 percent of the vote in what the Journal News called a "closely contested race." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wesley Hills, New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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