State oversight for East Ramapo expected in mid-2015 An oversight bill for the East Ramapo School District is expected to pass the State Legislature in May or June of 2015, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo, who spoke last Friday at Pascack Community Center in Nanuet to outline his 2015 goals, said he expected the […]
“Today is a good day for reformers in New York. The establishment of the Reform Party will be another force in the fight to enact desperately needed changes in New York, chief among them repealing Common Core and enacting term limits for legislators. I’m proud to have advanced these causes as the Republican and Conservative […]
Nanuet resident marks 30 years as basketball coach BY MARC MATURO Gabe Ostrow and his dad, Papa Jon, will be busy next week. Ostrow the Younger, a Nanuet High School alum who has completed a standout defensive career as a lineman/linebacker on the Cortland football team, is attending an NFL Combine at […]
A train carrying crude oil down a CSX rail line in West Virginia derailed near Mount Carbon on Monday, burning well into Wednesday. The 109 car train, which was carrying more than 3 million gallons of fuel from North Dakota’s shale fields, ran off the tracks during a snowstorm, carrying 19 tanker cars with it. […]
JOINT LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Senator David Carlucci, and Assemblymembers Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) and Ken Zebrowski (D-New City) announced today that they have introduced legislation (A.5355/S.3821) to appoint a State Monitor to the troubled East Ramapo Central School District. This legislation follows the recommendations made by Fiscal Monitor, Hank Greenberg, to impose strong oversight in the […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – A decision by State Supreme Court Justice Robert Berliner has effectively scrapped a 2012 resolution passed by the Clarkstown which consolidated highway services provided by three separate departments. The resolution applied to Clarkstown Mini Trans, the Highway Department, and the police garage into one functioning unit under Fleet Manager […]