Motel Clerk Robbed At Gunpoint In West Nyack

The clerk at a West Nyack motel was robbed at gunpoint early this morning, according to.

Police this morning are searching for two men who held up the Nyack Motor Lodge, 110 N. Route 303, West Nyack, taking a still-undetermined amount of cash and then fleeing toward the nearby Palisades Center mall.

The incident took place about 2:10 a.m., with the motel clerk telling police that one of the men in the attack held a black, semi-automatic pistol on him whle the second man went behind the motel's front desk to take cash.

The attackers were described as:

- A black male, in his late teens, about 5-foot-10, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, dark jeans and carrying the black handgun.

- A black male, in his late teens, about 6-foot-2, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans.

Police ask that anyone who has information related to the robbery  contact the Clarkstown police Detective Bureau at 845-639-5840.

EDITORS' NOTE: Police originally had an incorrect description of the height of the second suspected in he robbery.