THE PROS AND CONS TO UPPING MINIMUM WAGE

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 […]

Poem: Bones

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 […]

STONY POINT RESIDENT ROBERT SHAW NAMED COO OF PEDIATRIC SPECIALIST GROUP

STONY POINT RESIDENT ROBERT SHAW NAMED COO OF PEDIATRIC SPECIALIST GROUP

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 […]

COURT RULING INDICATES PIPERATO SHOULD HAVE CHALLENGED JOURNAL NEWS

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 […]

Clarkstown Supervisor Decries Community College Chargebacks

Clarkstown Supervisor Decries Community College Chargebacks

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 […]