By County Executive Ed Day It does not appear that Rockland County and the rest of the Mid-Hudson Region will be ready to reopen on Friday, May 15. But it is possible that we will fully meet the criteria to reopen as early as next week. To be clear, in order to begin an economic […]
By John T. Preston According to the Milken Institute, over 70 treatments for COVID-19 are already in clinical trials or progressing toward clinical trials. Several of the inventions behind this flurry of activity resulted from government funded research in U.S. universities. This public-private cooperation is our best hope of defeating the virus. It’s also the […]
Nice-Pak, a leading producer of wet wipes, including disinfecting wipes for consumer markets, announced it is among the first to test its products for efficacy against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The company, which is headquartered in Orangeburg, is partnering with testing laboratory Microbac for this project. Nice-Pak’s disinfectant products currently sold under the Nice ‘N […]
By Michael Lawler Republican candidate for NYS Assembly District 97 Back in late February, when I announced my candidacy for State Assembly, most people were vaguely aware of the growing COVID-19 pandemic overseas, but few saw it impacting our lives here in New York State in such a dramatic way. Fast forward a couple months, and I […]
On Monday, May 4 at approximately 5:40 p.m. the Clarkstown Police Department responded to a report of a robbery in the area of Rt. 59 and Forman Dr. in Nanuet. Responding patrol units interviewed the victim who stated that an unknown male had punched him, stole his cell phone and money. The victim was able […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce an amendment to the ‘Commissioner’s Standing Isolation Order’ (isolation order) related to COVID-19 to separate all sick people from healthy people and prevent the spread of COVID-19. This order directs residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 or have symptoms indicative of COVID-19 to remain in isolation at their residence (or other […]