Public Service Commission Reschedules Poorly Timed Public Hearing on Desalination Plant

PRESS RELEASE The NYS Public Service Commission responded swiftly by phone to a letter sent this afternoon to PSC Commissioner Garry Brown by Rockland County Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell and agreed, as Cornell requested, to change the dates of two public hearings that were scheduled for September concerning the PSC’s July directive ordering United Water NY to restate its need […]

Coach Faces Public Allegations of Sexting Teen; Zugibe Does Not Press Charges, Issues Statement

Allegations of inappropriate, sexually-themed texting by a Little League manager to at least one player have shocked Stony Point. On Saturday, August 17, parent Tommy DeFrancesco, retired NYPD Sgt., publicized accusations that sexually-themed texts allegedly were sent by Stony Point Little League Manager Tom Crapanzano to his teenage son in 2011 and 2013. His son […]

Malone Sues Sparaco, Reda, Axelrod and Ballard

New City Patch is reporting that Clarkstown Highway Dept. Fleet Manager Dennis Malone today filed suit for ‘defamation’ and ‘defamation by implication’ against fellow Highway Dept. employee  Legislator Frank Sparaco, Rockland County Republican Party Chairman Vincent Reda,  Clarkstown Republican Party Chairman Bob Axelrod and Clarkstown Highway Superintendent Wayne Ballard. Malone is suing over tapes Sparaco made […]

Schoenberger Likes Amnesty Bill

Press Release   New City, NY ((August 15, 2013) – Rockland County Legislator Ilan Schoenberger is sponsoring a resolution in support of a comprehensive immigration reform bill introduced by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (NY) and passed by the U.S. Senate in June. The bill has been referred to the House of Representatives. The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration […]

Our Family Court Fiasco

BY DIANE DIMOND We, in America, like to say that what happens behind closed doors is nobody else’s business. But what if what happens between consenting adults results in the rest of us having to pay out billions of dollars when things go wrong? It is happening year after year. Taxpayers are footing the bill […]