State Senator Bill Weber (R, Nanuet) is calling the state’s rollout of the recreational cannabis industry “mismanaged” and is proposing new legislation that he says will fix many of the problems with the new agency regulating legal cannabis in the state. Specifically, Weber’s legislation targets the state’s Cannabis Social Equity Investment Fund which was established […]
Senator Bill Weber (R, NY 38) is seeking reelection. The Republican incumbent is a Pearl River native who worked as the Chief Financial Officer for a small family business before entering state politics. Weber told the RCT that his frustrations with high taxes and the daunting cost of living in New York are what convinced […]
Mike Lawler is seeking reelection for New York’s 17th Congressional District. A graduate of Suffern High School, Lawler began his career in government as the Deputy Town Supervisor of Orangetown, before being elected to state senate in 2020 and later federal office in 2022. During his tenure representing NY 17 Lawler has prioritized returning federal […]
A group of concerned Piermont residents have successfully sued the Village Board of Trustees and Planning Board, blocking construction of what was described as “a Residential Monstrosity at 447-477 Piermont Avenue” in a statement shared with the RCT. On October 11, the New York State Supreme Court ruled that Piermont’s planning board had violated New […]
Spring Valley’s Memorial Park was awash in blue and red on Sunday as members of Rockland’s Haitian community gathered to celebrate their heritage and denounce alarmingly racist rhetoric coming from Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance. Organized in part by Carl-Hennrey Joseph a former trustee of the Village of Spring […]
On October 4, Rockland for Ceasefire hosted a vigil at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Nyack commemorating the more than 40,000 Palestinians that have been killed over the course of Israel’s war with Hamas. Israel’s retaliation in the Gaza Strip was launched in response to a devastating terrorist attack on the Jewish state perpetrated by the […]