BRABENEC TOUTS SMALL-BUSINESS SUPPORT HEADING INTO BUDGET TALKS

LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Following Small Business Advocacy Day in Albany, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) is touting his support for local employers and pledging his continued advocacy throughout budget negotiations. Brabenec prides himself on fighting to cut the burdensome red tape, regulations and taxes that hinder job creation and force companies out of New York State. […]

Reporting Crime Stats — Stat

BY DIANE DIMOND Law enforcement needs to know what it doesn’t know. Tracking trends in crime is a way to keep communities safe. Any decision made is only as good as the information used to make it, right? I submit the same holds true when figuring out how to fight crime. Since the 1930s, the […]

Partnership Signing for RCC; SUNY Purchase & LIU Hudson

Ramapo- On Tuesday, March 22, Rockland Community College will host a signing event formalizing RCC’s unique relationship with SUNY Purchase College & Long Island University Hudson. Several master’s degrees through LIU Hudson provide RCC students with a smooth and cost-effective path for earning a professional graduate degree without having to leave Rockland County. This partnership […]

NYSAC: State Budget Should Assume Indigent Defense Costs

The New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) and its member counties are calling on the New York Legislature to include budget language that would allow for a phased in state takeover of the costs of indigent legal defense services. Indigent legal defense services is one of the nine state mandated programs that consume 99 […]

NYS CONSERVATIVE PARTY ENDORSES OLIVA OVER CASTRICONE FOR NY-18

The New York State Conservative Party, the state’s third largest political party, handed candidate Phil Oliva (R) a political victory this week, choosing him as its standard bearer in the 18th Congressional District race against liberal Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney. Oliva, a close advisor of 2014 GOP gubernatorial candidate and incumbent Westchester County Executive Rob […]