NY Supreme Court Justice Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman dismissed Former Rockland County Board of Elections Commissioner Lou Babcock’s suit seeking court intervention on his ouster as BOE commissioner. Babcock claimed the Republican Party inappropriately removed him via dictate of the Executive Committee instead of allowing the full Republican Committee to vote. Hon. Scheinkman said the […]
BY AARON MOELLER Red flags mean nothing if you don’t take the time to look at them. Now that the initial shock has worn off, I am really going to miss Daniel Friedman. This past year was grotesquely overlamented in the media, but I thought, being the optimist I am, it wasn’t all that terrible. […]
BY TOM BASILE With the Obama Administration’s parting slap at Israel in the United Nations Security Council, calls for de-funding the world body in retaliation have again jumped to page one. The anti-Israel resolution in the waning days of the administration was the capstone of the 44th President’s unbending love affair with the UN, but he […]
Ramapo resident Peter Katz has filed a legal action against the Town of Ramapo for permitting a residential single family house to be renovated into a temporary school. It is the first time a 2012 town law allowing such arrangements has been challenged in court. His legal action claims former Chief Building Inspector Anthony Mallia […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Media received its own holiday gift mid-December: an exclusive, first-ever look at the replacement Tappan Zee Bridge, whose westbound span opens sometime this year. Governor Andrew Cuomo celebrated the completion of the eight main span towers for this 3.1-mile, $3.98 billion project. “This bridge says that when you reject […]
Winter will be a little warmer this season thanks to Alexa Hough and Sofia Coppola, third graders who decided to help others by collecting coats at Link Elementary School in New City. The 8-year-olds, accompanied by their mothers, Amy Hough and Ali Coppola, as well as Sofia’s brother, Colin, 11, personally delivered their massive collection […]