BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Crystal Run Healthcare and Montefiore Health System finalized their partnership last week despite two recent lawsuits by Crystal Run doctors protesting the merger and one suit alleged self-dealing by “illegal payoff” to Gov. Andrew Cuomo by senior executives as well as “draconian” work environments. Montefiore is a multi-billion dollar network that includes […]
BY: KATHY KAHN Stony Point’s Town Board on January 9 held its reorganization meeting before the regular board meeting began, naming both Councilmen Tom Basile and Karl Javenes as deputy supervisors. The board also reappointed the current Chairs of the Zoning, Planning and Architectural Review Boards, as well as choosing The Rockland County Times as […]
By: JOEL GROSSBARTH For the past 18 months, residents of an area in Blauvelt in the Town of Orangetown have endured living in an area that literally stinks. Aluf Plastics plant has been emitting smells of burning plastic […]
Your Weekly Forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz Hello, Rockland County! I hope that you have had a great week, and were able to enjoy the bit of a thaw we have been experiencing. Well we have some active weather to talk about so let’s get to it! Friday: Rain, which may fall moderately to heavily at […]
As Machine Learning Unlocks Predictions From DNA Databases, Scientists Say Parents Could Have Choices Never Before Possible BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman As in several previous articles in this column inspired by MIT publications, this author, an MIT alumnus and former mathematics instructor at the Institute, was granted permission to quote the January, 2018 edition […]
State Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced new legislation to enact a tax on vapor products used in an electronic cigarette or other similar device. New York State does not currently tax the liquids used in e-cigarette devices. “Not only will this tax help stunt the growth of e-cigarette use it will also help us protect […]