COUNTY PRESS RELEASE The Rockland County Legislature will hold its next general meeting on Tuesday, May 20 at 7 p.m. and will set a date for a public hearing on a bi-partisan proposal to reform the Rockland County Charter. The proposed local law, sponsored by Chairman of the Legislature Alden H. Wolfe, contains recommendations to improve the efficiency of […]
FROM THE COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE Tax collections in April were more than $1 billion, or 17 percent lower, than comparable receipts a year ago, but $86.8 million higher than the projections included in the Enacted Budget Financial Plan released earlier this month, according to the April Cash Report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. […]
Event kicks-off national EMS Week, May 18 – 24 NEW CITY, NY — Rockland County Executive Ed Day will recognize and honor local emergency medical services (EMS) practitioners for their outstanding contributions to the community this weekend. The County’s annual EMS Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, May 18 at 6 p.m. at the Rockland […]
BY ROBERTKNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Orangetown Town Board spent more than an hour Tuesday debating how to reduce costs in its $8 million sewer department. The department, currently headed by Director Joseph Moran, is the third largest unit of town government in Orangetown, after police and highway, operating a waste water collection […]
Full text of Astorino’s speech to GOP Convention Thursday in Rye Brook, NY Thank you, Chairman Cox. Thank you, Chairman Colety. Thank you, New York Republicans from all across this state for putting your faith in me today. Thank you, Sheriff Chris Moss! You honor me as a running mate. And, of course, thank you […]
NEW JERSEY AG’S OFFICE TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a Spring Valley, N.Y., man pleaded guilty today to a first-degree drug charge in connection with 24 kilograms of cocaine that were seized from his car on Route 287 in Parsippany-Troy Hills when he was stopped by the New Jersey State […]