Two bills aimed at protecting neighborhoods from predatory real estate practices and sponsored by Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) passed the full Assembly this week. One of the bills was specifically aimed to resist the attempted annexation of land by the Village of Kiryas Joel in the Town of Monroe. “The annexation issue has not gone […]
BY KATHY KAHN Residents turned out in force on a sunny Wednesday afternoon to listen to SUEZ Water justify its proposed 13.7 percent rate hike currently being considered by the Public Service Commission. Once SUEZ was done, the floodgates opened. One by one, residents from across the county came to the podium to condemn the […]
Rumors of a divorce at the Nyack law firm of Feerick, Lynch MacCartney and Nugent have been denied by the law partners themselves. Some of the firm’s own clients had told the Rockland County Times that Lynch would leave the firm he founded by the end of 2016. Word of change at the firm had […]
BY VICTORIA TANNER After two weeks and no additional meeting, on Tuesday, June 14, the Multi-Services committee moved the Pharmacy “Take-Back” Act forward to the next full legislative session. Information about different routes for the act and another heated argument between the bill’s sponsor and another legislator did not impede it from moving out of […]
Scott Shedler has been the assessor of Ramapo for 20 years; now he’s moving on to the same position in Clarkstown. Town Supervisor George Hoehmann told the Rockland County Times “Scott is considered one of the best assessors in New York State. He’s an expert, honest and a straight shooter with a reputation for being […]
Tom DePrisco, candidate for the 38th Senate District in New York, released the following statement in reaction to passage of East Ramapo legislation sponsored by Senator David Carlucci: “The proposed last-minute legislation (S8131 / A10723) that it is supposed to provide $3 million relief for the East Ramapo School District is a total disgrace and […]