ORANGETOWN, NY– Over the next few weeks and in conjunction with his campaign, Orangetown Receiver of Taxes candidate Chris Smith will be touring each of the town’s business districts. Smith’s goal is to talk with small business owners about any tax issues they may have as well acknowledge other issues within the town they believe […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Nyack – In the wake of the gas line explosion at Nyack College last week and the revelation that it might have been the result of an excavation, many have questioned how such accidents can be foreseen in the future. However, Dig Safely NY, a not-for-profit set up in accordance with New […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Anyone out there live in a haunted house? It might seem like a silly question, but as home sales pick up you should know there are laws against selling a house without full disclosure. A seller is required to reveal a number of things about their home. Like the condition of roof […]
By MIKE LONG Lord Acton, the great English statesman, famously observed that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” After almost 30 months as New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo has left no doubt that his most important governing principle is acquiring more political power, not advancing the public good. The overriding issue for […]
According to a NY Post report, the president of the NY chapter of the National Organization for Women, Zenaida Mendez, said she believes Sheldon Silver, NYS speaker of the Assembly, should resign over his handling of the Vito Lopez sex harassment case. Silver paid just over $100,000 in state money to complainants against Lopez whom he hoped would remain […]
At about 9:30 p.m. on Monday, June 10 Otha ‘Lee” Williams, 20, of the Bronx, NY was picked up by Ramapo detectives at the 48th pct NYPD, where he had turned himself in. Williams is charged with menacing 2nd charges,related to his actions on June 9 on Hickory Street. Williams is being processed in Ramapo. […]