Preserve Ramapo Chairman Bob Rhodes confirmed to the Rockland County Times that not only has Ed Day received the advocacy group’s endorsement, his name will appear on their ballot line in the Town of Ramapo during the 2013 general election. Day’s appearance on the Preserve Ramapo line figures to earn him hundreds of votes from […]
FROM NEW YORK FARM BUREAU The Assembly today is considering A.1792A, sponsored by Queens County Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, which would impose factory style labor mandates on family farms. From New York Farm Bureau’s perspective, a vote in support of the so-called “farm worker fair labor practices act” is a vote against New York’s hard working […]
Statement from Assemblyman James Skoufis (D): “The combined destructive forces of Hurricane Irene and Topical Storm Lee have left scars in Orange and Rockland Counties that can still be seen today. Property owners are still burdened by the financial realities and difficulties of the rebuilding process. By covering the 25 percent of non-federal property buyout […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of […]
BY DEAN SKELOS The recent scandals involving Democratic politicians from New York City have led a number of self-styled “reformers” to argue that the solution to cleaning up government lies in passing a public campaign finance bill. It’s really code for funding their political campaigns with your tax dollars. I can’t think of a worse idea. […]
Sandy “Help Centers” in Stony Point and Piermont launched this week to help homeowners and small businesses apply for recovery aid Stony Point, NY – Sandy Help Centers deployed to Piermont and Stony Point in Rockland County this week to help homeowners and businesses apply for federal recovery aid. Joined by local officials, Congresswoman Nita Lowey […]