BY THOMAS B. STEBBINS, Executive Director of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York Well, it’s happened. Ten months after I wrote in this newspaper about how the Tappan Zee Bridge project will cost millions more due to the obsolete “scaffold law,” the state lost a scaffold law lawsuit that would likely not have been […]
Spy one day, ethics proponent the next, Democratic county exec candidate Dagan LaCorte proposes rules for fellow candidates BY DYLAN SKRILOFF On Thursday, January 24, Suffern mayor and 2013 county executive candidate Dagan LaCorte (D), was dealt a major blow to his reputation in the eyes of many colleagues and potential supporters. LaCorte had […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER A year ago, there was no more depressing household than the Harbaugh household. Jim’s 49ers were eliminated in overtime, primarily because of a kick return and punt return miscue that allowed the Giants to advance. John’s Ravens were in the Super Bowl but for Lee Evans’ unsteady hands in the endzone and […]
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Monday. The service is calling for an inch or more of snow and ice to hit Rockland County beginning late morning Monday, January 28 and lasting through 1 a.m. Tuesday. Read the complete advisory below. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The scene: A criminal courtroom anywhere in America. The players: A judge, a prosecutor, a defense attorney and the accused. The assumption: That all parties involved enjoy a level playing toward the twin goals of discovering the truth and finding justice. The fact: In many criminal cases, the prosecution holds the key […]
ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES EXCLUSIVE SCOOP Mad texter gets stuck in his own Nixonian trap BY DYLAN SKRILOFF You can’t deny you’re spying when you send the evidence to your opponent. Last week at a festive gathering of Democratic insiders, Suffern mayor and county executive candidate Dagan LaCorte was schmoozing it up with one of […]