Photos by Scott Waters PRESS RELEASE Prosecutors, Sheriffs, Police Chiefs, Police Unions and Local Elected Officials joined together last Thursday to urge New York State Lawmakers to authorize a moratorium on the Criminal Justice Laws Set to Take Effect January 1, 2020 in order to carefully examine the full impacts of these laws. This was […]
New City, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day, Sheriff Louis Falco, STOP-DWI Coordinator Leslie Berger and local law enforcement agencies announced Rockland County’s participation in the Statewide STOP-DWI Thanksgiving Crackdown Enforcement Effort. Research shows that high-visibility enforcement can reduce impaired driving fatalities by as much as 20 percent. “Thank you to all the agencies […]
Providing Innovative Energy Storage Technology for Orange & Rockland Grid Support PRESS RELEASE Orange & Rockland (O&R) has selected Key Capture Energy (KCE), an Albany-based, independent developer of utility-scale battery storage projects, to plan, design, install and operate O&R’s new battery storage project in Pomona. Last week, the Planning Board for the Town of Ramapo […]
By Kathy Kahn First, the good news: The county is in positive fiscal shape with a healthy bond rating—it’s building a new county animal shelter– the cost to maintain it to be shared by every town and village that needs its services. In addition, the Pomona Health Complex will see more county offices moved to […]
Department of Social Services Announces Drop Off Locations Pomona, NY, – Hoping to spread holiday spirit to all of Rockland County’s foster children and children served by the Department of Social Services (DSS), Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner Joan Silvestri of DSS announced that the County will be accepting new, unwrapped toys, gifts […]
By County Executive Ed Day Rockland County’s Office for the Aging (RCOFA) is now an Age-Friendly Center of Excellence. This designation comes with a $100,000 grant from the New York State Office for the Aging, which will be used to develop and improve Rockland’s Age-Friendly and Livable Communities. This funding will be extremely helpful in […]