Carlucci switches staff, moves bodies downstate BY CARLOS GONZALEZ ALBANY CORRESPONDENT ALBANY- Three of the four original staffers hired by Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland County) are no longer on Senate staff, records indicate. Communications director Erin Dennin, legislative director Scott Solomon, and executive aide Stephen Papas’ departure off payroll was due to a staffing overhaul […]
BY ANTHONY MELE Anti-gun advocates reading this are already saying no way can gun-ownership be as important as religion. For that matter, I say gun ownership is as important as speaking your mind, as reading a newspaper, as much as whatever you do in the privacy of your home. By now, the anti-gun advocate and […]
New law blocking business deals with Iranian energy industry Recently passed was the Iran Divestment Act of 2012 out of the New York State Senate. The bill (S.5917A) will bar entities that invest in Iran’s energy industry from receiving state contracts here in New York. The bill would also require local government contractors to certify […]
Large Bag of Heroin 1/11/12 On January 11, 2012 at approximately 8:30 p.m. a Clarkstown Police Officer on routine patrol observed a taxi traveling eastbound on West Clarkstown Rd. in an erratic manner. The vehicle was stopped and one of the police vehicles that were involved with the stop was one of the Clarkstown Police […]
Provident New York Bancorp (NYSE: PBNY), announced on Wednesday that its Provident Bank subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gotham Bank of New York (PINKSHEETS: GOBN) in a cash transaction valued at approximately $40.5 million. The closing consideration will be 125 percent of adjusted tangible net worth as calculated under the merger […]
Clarkstown police continue to look for clues as to who robbed Palisades Federal Credit Union off Route 59 last week, stealing $30,000. This is the second time since last spring the bank has been robbed. The man reportedly entered the bank around 9:30 a.m. using a silver handgun, and threatened the employees, telling them to […]