By County Executive Ed Day May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This initiative first began in 1949 to raise awareness and reduce stigma by educating the public about mental illness, providing insight into living with mental illness and providing strategies for achieving wellness. This May brings special challenges to everyone’s emotional wellness. Awareness and support […]
Senator David Carlucci (D- Rockland/Westchester) introduced legislation (S.8253) to allow businesses to take the temperatures of employees, customers, and vendors before coming into a business.The bill permits non-invasive temperature taking at business entryways and allows businesses to take corrective action to remove individuals with a temperature above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. The bill also ensures that […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Wow. Reaction to my last column, which was focused on today’s political hypocrisy, was both shockingly swift and largely off-base. I wrote about a new police report alleging a sexual attack by then-Sen. Joe Biden against one of his young staffers 27 years ago. I compared how her charges against the presumptive […]
Updated Estimate Includes Losses in Sales and Occupancy Taxes, Casino Revenues and State Aid The New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) this week announced an updated and expanded economic analysis that projects counties outside of New York City losing in excess of $2 billion, factoring in sales and occupancy taxes, casino gaming revenues and other […]
Senator David Carlucci (D- Rockland/Westchester) introduced legislation to help financially strapped New Yorkers and small businesses with their property tax bills. The legislation (S.8194) will delay quarterly installment payments of county, town, village, and school property taxes in New York State through December 31, 2020. Residents and small businesses would not incur any late fees. […]
BY KATHY KAHN On Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo invoked his emergency powers to order the closure of the New York City Subway system from 1 – 5 a.m so that NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority workers can sanitize subway cars. The break will also help authorities curtail the burgeoning numbers of homeless who have taken to […]