NBA owner Donald Sterling’s history of racial insensitivity and allegations against him of outright racism had been covered up through the years by his philanthropy to African-American charitable causes, as evidenced by his 2009 and planned 2014 Lifetime Achievement Awards from the LA chapter of the NAACP. That seems to have come to an end […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM ROCKLAND COUNTY NEW CITY, NY — After more than a decade of inaction, County Executive Ed Day and Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence today jumpstarted a plan to construct a Park and Ride lot on Route 59 in Ramapo. The joint project strengthens public transportation in central and western Rockland County […]
RCT Cartoonist Ed Chorba breaks out the boxing gloves — looks to KO Governor Cuomo. (click image to enlarge)
To the Editor, When a municipality transfers money from one accounting line to another it is supposed to pass a resolution authorizing the transfer. Under exceptional circumstances funds can even be loaned from one tax line to another, but they must be returned by the end of the year (with interest). Thanks to the persistence […]
Nelson L. Sierra, 36, of West Haverstraw and Santos E. Alvarado, 37, of West Palm Beach Florida, were arrested on Friday arrested on drug and other charges following a routine traffic stop. On Route 9W in Nyack, 4:26 p.m. Friday afternoon an Orangetown Police Officer stopped a 2003 Honda Accord driven by Sierra for a […]
DA’S REPORT Vikas Jagota (DOB 08/16/76) of 28 Butternut Drive, New City, New York was sentenced to seven years in state prison following a jury trial that found him guilty of second degree assault, a class “D” felony, once count of “abortion” in the second degree, a class “E” felony, one count each of endangering the […]