“Two percent cap” actually changes yearly BY KATHY KAHN There’s more to the two percent tax cap than meets the eye. Introduced in 2011 and put into law in April, 2012, the two percent tax cap’s purpose was to keep school districts and local taxing jurisdictions’ budget levies limited to the lesser of two percent […]
BY THE SPECTATOR, JOHN MALONEY A few weeks ago, headlines were made all over the country and every TV station carried the news about a teenage girl who sued the parents and took them to court. She wanted them, among other things other things to pay her college tuition, give her a long weekly allowance […]
BY MARIA BROWNSELL Recent talks about the sale of town-owned Middlewood Senior Complex in Clarkstown has sparked heated arguments over motives. “Why now?” seems to be the question of many. At the town board meeting on Tuesday, April 8, resident and blogger Michael Hull presented a few questions to Councilwoman Shirley Lasker and Clarkstown Comptroller […]
From the Comptroller’s Office The state Department of Taxation and Finance ran up more than $6 million in overtime costs last year because of systemic problems with a contractor’s processing of paper returns and the department’s failure to fully assess the risks of using a new vendor and stringently monitor its work, according to an […]
Rockland Community College’s (RCC) Mens tennis team began their season last weekend with a 9-0 win against Kingsborough Community College KCC). This is their first season in three years and they have a new head coach guiding them, Joseph Gravagna. Rockland is led by freshman first singles player Jeremy Rosen (Pearl River HS) and his […]
ALBANY…NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement after Comptroller Tom DiNapoli stated that he will no opt-in to public campaign financing: “After Comptroller DiNapoli did his job by pointing out that the Governor’s sham projected budget surplus is actually a $3.4 billion deficit, and that the Governor used $700 million in one-shot budget gimmicks […]