The Town of Haverstraw Police Dept. identified a subject found last week deceased behind the strip mall on Bridge Street in the Village of West Haverstraw as Arnold Laub, age 64, last known address Garnerville Home for Adults, 228 Ramapo Road in Garnerville. The cause of death was listed as heart disease and the manner […]
MY MICHAEL RICONDA Spring Valley – Fire personnel were called to Spring Valley High School by an automatic fire alarm at around 8:30 a.m. to address what might have been a homemade bomb or chemical weapon, but turned out to be a Valentine’s Day prank. Police, hazmat teams and the Sheriff’s Bomb Disposal Unit met […]
STATEMENT FROM LEGISLATOR AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE CANDIDATE ED DAY (R) Legislator Ed Day (New City-Pomona), is issuing a call for support for his proposed measures to correct the overreaches and irregularities in Governor Cuomo’s gun bill, while simultaneously expressing his opposition to the resolution proposed by Chairwoman Harriet Cornell. “As a retired member of the law enforcement […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The worldwide headlines say it all. From the United Kingdom: “Pathologist ‘Stockpiled Children’s Organs.’” In Canada, the headline: “Ontario Service Has 4,000 Autopsy Organs, Unmatched to Families.” From Las Vegas, this shocker: “Misplaced. Thrown away. Stolen. Sold? Nobody Knows What Happened to Richard Boorman’s Missing Organs.” And from New York: “Parents Shocked […]
FROM ASSEMBLYWOMAN ANNIE RABBITT Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt (R-Greenwood Lake) this past week blasted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for “extremely poor financial management” in the wake of a new audit conducted by the State Comptroller. It was revealed that the authority sat on $90 million in funds, failed to put together a financial plan, and […]
BY STEPHANIE A. MINER Mayor of Syracuse and co-chairwoman of the New York State Democratic Committee. Originally published in the NY Times THE specter of financial collapse looms over New York State’s cities. For some the collapse is imminent, for others a few years off. Instead of confronting these realities, Gov.Andrew M. Cuomo‘s proposed state budget avoids […]