The County Legislature has unanimously passed a new bill intended to prevent other municipalities from relocating residents to Rockland County. Supporting a recent decision issued by the New York State Supreme Court, which last week issued an injunction prohibiting New York City from housing asylum seekers temporarily at the Armoni Inn in Orangetown or any other Rockland location, the […]
The District 5 Legislator Lon M. Hofstein is running for re-election this year. Born and raised in the Bronx, Hofstein was accepted early admission to the Bernard M. Baruch College, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting. Approximately twenty-three years ago, Lon left a Mid-Town Manhattan C.P.A. […]
Paul C. Cleary was born the youngest of six children in 1960 in Haverstraw, New York. After going to secondary school in Rockland County, he attended Manhattan College in the Bronx, where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering. He then worked in the Defense Industry, completing projects for various contractors. In 2000, he joined […]
Good Samaritan Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), recently announced that hematologist and oncologist Carrie Brooke Wasserman, MD, has been named Associate Director of the Bobbi Lewis Cancer Program. “Dr. Wasserman is a highly experienced specialist who will strengthen the oncology services at Good Samaritan Hospital,” said Mary P. Leahy, […]
The Town of Clarkstown has a well-deserved reputation for fair but strict code enforcement. Under my administration, the Town has taken a number of proactive steps to strengthen the town’s ability to detect, cure, and prosecute violations when necessary. Clarkstown has quadrupled the number of full time Code Enforcement Officers, who report to the Town’s Building Inspector. The 2023 […]
Rockland County Legislature Chairman Jay Hood Jr. is firing back at County Legislator James Foley for multiple erroneous claims regarding a proposed new law that would protect the county from outside efforts to create housing programs in the county. “It is not surprising that Legislator Foley has no idea what he is talking about because […]