“While Governor Cuomo’s grand agenda for New York appears overly ambitious, I am pleased that $1 billion of the state’s $5 billion bank settlement will be spent to freeze tolls until 2020 on the Thruway and the Tappan Zee Bridge, including the new bridge. As I have said repeatedly, our commuters and businesses simply cannot […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Haverstraw Supervisor Howard Phillips, Jr. (R.) was officially sworn in for his sixth term and gave a positive 2016 State of the Town address at Haverstraw reorganization on Thursday, Jan 7. John Gould (D) and Hector Soto(D) retained their Councilmen seats on the Town Board. Town Clerk Karen Bully was sworn in, Town […]
BY RISA HOAG When Dr. Michael Cocilovo began his Chiropractic practice in New City in 1986, a gallon of gas was only $.89, a new Mustang would set you back a mere $7,500, the Dow Jones was at 1,895, the technology for email had just been invented, Star Trek IV had been released, and the […]
A statement from Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) “While Gov. Cuomo touted his accomplishments on Common Core, Assembly Republicans have been calling for an end to Common Core for years. Our schools are still struggling to adapt to the new curriculum, and anything less than a complete overhaul of the standards would be insulting to our […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day This week, I joined with union leaders to announce tentative deals that would provide modest raises for approximately 1,500 Rockland County employees. The agreements, if ratified by rank-and-file members of the Civil Service Employees Association and the Rockland Association of Management, would mark the first pay increases for both […]
By Vincent Abbatecola A talented filmmaker should have the abilities to transport audiences into the world within their movie. If the director has the skill to capture the details of a certain place on camera, the filmmaker will make it simple for the audience to become heavily invested in what’s happening within this place. Director […]