Open response to question from Newsday correspondent Mike Gormely, I like Rob Astorino but I don’t feel he can or will win because he cannot trust the RINOs who will lay down on him and his candidacy like they laid down on me. Some of them have already jumped onto Cuomo’s bandwagon and the Republicans […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – To ensure cash flow for the current fiscal year, the Rockland County Legislature voted almost unanimously to approve $45 million in revenue anticipation notes on March 4. The resolution, which was approved by all but two legislators, will allow cash flow in anticipation for revenues from sales and compensating […]
Local sales tax collections of $14.9 billion grew by $739 million in 2013, an increase of 5.2 percent from 2012, according to a report issued last week by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The increase outpaced annual growth rates of 3.3 percent in 2012 and 5 percent in 2011, as well as the 15-year annual […]
BY HEATHER HACKNEY Ladies and Gentlemen this year that has brought so much loss to Hollywood. Yet in the midst of a rainy morning, as the sun peaked over Hollywood Boulevard, excitement started to grow. Welcome to the 86th Academy Awards. Mini gold men standing only 13 ½ inches flooded the inside of the Dolby […]
It’s time to fix New York’s bad law BY ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN For 18 years, Fernando Bermudez was locked up in state prison — until a judge overturned his murder conviction. Once freed, he did what you or I would have done: sought financial relief to give him a small measure of justice and help get […]
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