BY DAVID P. GUSHEE AND WILLIAM S. SESSIONS Twenty-five years ago, President Ronald Reagan vigorously championed U.S. ratification of the international Convention Against Torture, which he signed on April 18, 1988. Reagan acclaimed it as having marked a significant step in the development of international measures against torture and other inhuman treatment. “Ratification of the […]
The annual meeting and Board of Directors’ election for the Stony Point Ambulance Corps will be held on the fourth Monday in June, June 24, 2013, for the purpose of filling two vacancies on the Board of Directors; and voting to accept new life members and new honorary members. Embattled president and vice president, Marc […]
Press release from NY unions Today, unions representing workers all across the state panned Start Up NY (formerly Tax Free NY) as bad policy that lacks any semblance of basic fairness. Among the provisions included in Start Up NY is a misguided exemption from state income taxes for workers employed by entities covered under the […]
Friday, June 21, 7:30 p.m. Nyack Village Theatre presents Poetry Rising with host Cherie Raglin, spoken word artist and four time nominee for an Arts Council of Rockland County Executive Arts Award, featuring nationally acclaimed NYC Slam Poets Jeanann Verlee, six time National Poetry Slam Semifinalist and Urbana Slammaster and Kyle Rapps, Nuyorican Poets Cafe […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Congers – Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack announced at a press conference on June 19 that he and the Clarkstown Town Board would be imposing a new law to encourage utility companies to clear out hazardous double utility poles which obstruct drivers’ line of sight and pose a risk of collapse. “Our goal […]
Sports columnist Marc Maturo’s official column BASEBALL LIFER KEEPS HIS HAND AND MIND IN THE GAME John Verwoert of New City, a self-described “baseball lifer,” is not just blowing smoke into the wind. The retired New York City policeman, who was the assistant baseball coach at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for 22 years, […]