Press Release from Zebrowski On Tuesday, the State Legislature replaced a sitting regent for the first time in several decades as legislators continue to push for changes to the implementation of the common core standards. For decades, Members of the Board of Regents have been re-elected without major opposition. Â This year, a coalition of Assembly […]
PRESS RELEASE New City, NY  (March 11, 2014) – Rockland County Legislators have initiated the first step toward elimination of Rockland’s energy tax, a 4 percent tax added to the cost of electricity and natural gas consumed by customers purchasing those services from Orange & Rockland Utilities. Chairman of the Legislature Alden H. Wolfe, Deputy Minority Leader Frank Sparaco, and […]
“I’m voting against the Board of Regents incumbents today. The Board of Regents is failing our students. Common Core has been a disaster from top to bottom. The regents need to accept responsibility for this failure. Even before the Common Core implementation, too many schools across New York were failing. Too many students weren’t adequately prepared […]
Work on the new Tappan Zee Bridge are continuing through this week, with construction and surveys resulting in lane closures at various times throughout the week. Most of the construction will take place in the water, with pile installations and trestle constructions expected. Utility work on River Road, surey inspections of the current bridge and […]
After a quarter century, comprised of 14 album releases and 2500 shows, New York’s own, Black 47, are calling it quits. On November 8, the 25th anniversary of their first show in the Bronx, the celebrated Irish-American rock band will play one final gig before moving onto greener pastures. On Sunday, March 16, from 2 […]
BY DIANE DIMOND My dear grandma Cora always grew geraniums — red geraniums, to be specific. Nearly every time I went to went to visit her she had pots of them flowering outside the front door. I would gently stroke the leaves and breathe in that unmistakable geranium smell. To this day I love the […]