Senator Carlucci has teamed up with students from the Franklin Elementary School in Pearl River to present Valentines collected from schools throughout Rockland and Westchestrer County to local Veterans. The event, which was postponed due to snow, was held in the auditorium of the Franklin Elementary School this morning. Elementary students sang several patriotic songs […]
BY DREW JOHNSON It’s getting tough to take environmentalists seriously. More and more, the leaders of the environmental movement — the “Kings of Green” — are emerging as a pathetic mix of liars, frauds, hucksters and hypocrites who are more concerned with lining their pockets off environmental hysteria than actually protecting Mother Nature. Few would […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – To ensure cash flow for the current fiscal year, the Rockland County Legislature voted almost unanimously to approve $45 million in revenue anticipation notes on March 4. The resolution, which was approved by all but two legislators, will allow cash flow in anticipation for revenues from sales and compensating […]
Open response to question from Newsday correspondent Mike Gormely, I like Rob Astorino but I don’t feel he can or will win because he cannot trust the RINOs who will lay down on him and his candidacy like they laid down on me. Some of them have already jumped onto Cuomo’s bandwagon and the Republicans […]
Local sales tax collections of $14.9 billion grew by $739 million in 2013, an increase of 5.2 percent from 2012, according to a report issued last week by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The increase outpaced annual growth rates of 3.3 percent in 2012 and 5 percent in 2011, as well as the 15-year annual […]
It’s time to fix New York’s bad law BY ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN For 18 years, Fernando Bermudez was locked up in state prison — until a judge overturned his murder conviction. Once freed, he did what you or I would have done: sought financial relief to give him a small measure of justice and help get […]