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 […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day This Tuesday, November 3, thousands of eligible Rockland County voters will abdicate their civic responsibility and fail to exercise their right to vote. Even though this right is one of the most distinctive characteristics of our American society, voter turnout in national elections has fallen below 65 percent. […]
By CHRISTOPHER HANLY An individual retirement account (IRA) should be one of the cornerstones of anyone’s nest egg, offering great tax benefits to anyone socking money away. While individuals can and should contribute to their IRAs on a monthly basis, many don’t. According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, the largest source of contributions come […]
To the Editor, Doug Jobson, Jr. is getting a “free pass” into another term of the R.C. Legislature based upon (mistaken) technicalities. I am a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, and a lawyer who believes is democracy and contested elections. I’d like to believe that democracy works in America. Yet I see that […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY SUFFERN – When New Yorkers go to vote for president next year, Sen. David Carlucci (D-38) wants you to check ‘yes’ on an $1 billion bond initiative to fund Alzheimer’s research in NYS. The first public forum, a roundtable of lawmakers and neuroscientist, announced the proposed legislation at Rockland Community College on […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Spring Valley Trustee Vilair Fonvil has filed a lawsuit against Mayor Demezza Delhomme and the NY Haitian Consulate for allegedly holding an illegal convention and planning an unsanctioned Haitian Consulate satellite office at the Luis J. Kutz Civic Center on Wed, Oct 28. Trustee Fonvil filed suit to stop the annexation of […]