As the Senate continues it’s deliberations on the “Big Beautiful” federal funding bill which in it’s current form would cut funding to Mediciaid by $793 billion over the next 10 years, some Rockland residents are speaking in defense of the program. Jelien Ramos and her mother Amneris contacted the Rockland County Times this week to […]
Four years after Indian Point was decommissioned New York State has decided to reinvest in a potent form of clean energy. Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday directed the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to develop and construct a zero-emission advanced nuclear power plant in Upstate New York to support a reliable and affordable electric grid, […]
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 […]