PRO: Minimum Wage Increase Makes Good Business Sense BY DARIUS ROSS When Governor Cuomo called for raising New York’s minimum wage, he expressed not only his own view, but also the convictions of 80 percent of New Yorkers who agree that the state’s lowest-paid workers are in urgent need of a raise. As a business […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Director Peter Garruba has scheduled the auditions for “Squabbles” at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack for Monday February 11 and Tuesday February 12 both at 7 p.m. Callbacks are Wednesday February 13 at 7 p.m. at the theatre on Park Street. He says the cast breakdown includes: – Jerry Sloan; a 38-year-old […]
BY HARRY WALTZMAN I live between the bones of my body, and take false steps frequently. My surgeon says, two of my vertebrae kiss and cause spasms in my back. In the morning I always squeak until the sun rises and warms my bones The latest pain killers make me worry about side effects to […]
Robert Shaw of Stony Point has recently been named chief operating officer at Children’s and Women’s Physicians of Westchester, LLP (CWPW), the largest group of pediatric and medical specialists of its kind in the Greater New York region. The announcement was made by Gerard Villucci, CEO of CWPW. “The addition of the chief operating officer […]
A New York appellate court has ruled in favor of the NYPD’s decision NOT to release the addresses of gun permit holders’ to the NY Times newspaper. The court found that a lower court had erred in ruling that the Times should have access to the information. The court agreed the information could endanger permit […]
BY KATHY KAHN Special to the Rockland County Times With the cost of community college “chargebacks” becoming increasingly unsustainable for New York’s 62 counties, many are now passing those costs down to local cities and towns. New York Community College Trustees’ forum, “Operating Chargebacks: A Critical Component in the Funding Partnership for New York’s Community […]