Avrohom Yalekewitz was born in Israel and came to Rockland, New York when he was three years old. He attended school in the county and graduated from Fordham Law School in 2019. He was admitted to the NYS bar in January 2020 and has been practicing in Rockland County since then. As a law student […]
Born in New York City, current District 7 Legislator Philip Soskin grew up in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx. After earning a B.A. in Business Administration from the CUNY Baruch School of Business, he served in the U.S. Army for two years on active duty, where he was stationed in France for 18 months. […]
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, […]