Politics! A word you hear quite often: in every segment of life, work, school, and in the home. In fact, education probably has more politics than any level of government, and how many times does a decision of where to eat on Saturday night or what movie to attend come down to a family vote […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER Survive. It’s been a Rangers motto all season and it’s never been more applicable than it is now in their first round playoff matchup against the Washington Capitals. “Survive” becomes a motto when you’re gameplan is to rely on your goaltender to hold the opposition scoreless (or pretty near to it) while […]
Harvey’s a step and a run from no-hitter BY JOE RINI If it’s really darkest before the dawn, then a first glimmer of daylight gleamed for the New York Mets 30 years ago this week when a much heralded Darryl Strawberry made his major league debut on May 6, 1983. The current rebuilding efforts by […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – In a productive night for county government, the Rockland Legislature approved a number of major resolutions including a request that the New York Legislature allow a bonding and refinancing of county debt and a new program to encourage voluntary resignations from county positions to save money. The request for […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The Joint Legislative-Executive Task Force met on May 6 to review progress made on the 2013 budget during the first quarter of the year and emerging fiscal issues, but reported no major obstacles. The discussion, which is part of a larger program to keep a running dialogue between the […]
Lawmakers including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator David Carlucci are pushing for public financing of campaigns in New York State. Opponents of the plan like Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor call it “welfare for politicians.” This week Lalor blasted Silver’s bill, releasing the following statement. Statement on taxpayer-financed political campaigns from Assemblyman […]