A New Square resident who got a seven-year prison sentence for trying to burn down a house in April 2012 has been set free this week in front of a Rockland County judge. State Supreme Court Justice William Kelly made the decision Tuesday afternoon, at a resentencing hearing ordered by an Appeals Court. Upon reconsidering the case, Judge […]
To the Editor, We are registered Democrats with a longstanding commitment to our party, its principles and its candidates.  Nevertheless, on November 3, 2015, we intend to vote for Christopher Carey, the Republican candidate for Rockland County Legislator in the Ninth Legislative District. We have made this decision because we believe that Thomas Ninan, the Democratic candidate, does not have the requisite capacity to succeed […]
PSA FROM CPD Since September 10, 2015, there have been five reported thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles in the Town of Clarkstown. Four cases were in Nanuet and one in New City. In all of the cases, the vehicle was left parked overnight in a parking lot and the theft was noticed by the […]
Op-Ed by RBA CEO/President Al Samuels Recently a national real estate data company listed Rockland County as the county with the second highest property tax burden in the entire United States. Naturally, this caught my eye as we don’t need more negative stories that might discourage businesses from locating here. The Rockland Business Association, having previously […]
Today, my neighbors and I received a troubling political flyer about the possible closing of the Congers pool. This is the very same pool my family and I have enjoyed for the past nineteen years. Wanting verification, I reviewed the official meeting minutes of the 9/18/2014 Clarkstown Parks Board and Recreation Commission Workshop. I discovered […]
In 2014, Chris Day came closer than anyone has since 1992 to beating Congresswoman Nita Lowey in the 17th District of New York, garnering 44 percent of the vote. He has prepared a video statement regarding the 2016 Congressional race, which is available at this link. A transcript of his statement follows: “Since our historically […]