The State Senate on Monday followed the lead of the Assembly by approving the Medical Aid in Dying Act. The Assembly approved the companion bill over a month ago. The measure now goes to the governor for her action. The bill provides “that a mentally competent, terminally ill patient may request medication to be self-administered […]
A disruptive audience member was forcibly carried out of Town Hall in Westchester last Sunday Footage from Congressman Mike Lawler’s (R-17) second of four planned town halls went viral this week, after Emily Feiner, a 64-year-old social worker, was physically carried out of JFK Catholic Preparatory School in Somers, N.Y. In a statement shared with […]
The harrowing tail of survival will be followed by a Q&A with Executive Producer Robert Sennot On Saturday May 3, Lafayette Theater in Suffern will be screening 76 Days Adrift, a documentary chronicling the story of Steve Callahan, a sailor who found himself stranded in a five foot life raft on the open ocean for […]
Congressman Mike Lawler (R NY 17) knew he was in for a rough night. During last Sunday’s town hall, the first of four assemblies planned throughout his district, Lawler faced boos, jeers, sporadic applause, and more than a few unsolicited questions from audience members demanding that the Congressman take a hard line against the Trump […]
As the New York State Senate considers the fate of the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act (S2297/A3647) another local leader in Rockland has joined calls to reject the proposal which would require municipalities to allow the construction of residential buildings on parcels of land owned by a religious corporation. In a statement shared with the RCT […]
Residents shocked, frustrated, and relieved that struggling district may have nearly 90 million dollars in unspent funds East Ramapo’s school board will be launching an independent forensic audit of the district’s finances after the recent and shocking discovery of a massive budget surplus.On Tuesday, March 4th, the school board, which administers a district that was […]