OMBUDSMAN ALERT: Consumers Union Agrees, Chrysler Should Stop Stalling or Provide Loaner Cars

OMBUDSMAN ALERT: Consumers Union Agrees, Chrysler Should Stop Stalling or Provide Loaner Cars

EXCLUSIVE TO THE ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES  BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman As a follow-up to the Ombudsman’s 12-14-17 article entitled: “Chrysler Motors: Stop the Stalling of the Pacifica Minivans or Provide Loaner Cars,” Consumers Union, the Policy and Mobilization Division of Consumer Reports, has endorsed our paper’s demand for Chrysler to provide loaner cars for […]

Carlucci: Two Things NY Can Do About DC Tax Plan

Carlucci: Two Things NY Can Do About DC Tax Plan

Press Release from Office of Senator David Carlucci Senator Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) has introduced a bill (S6502) that will allow property taxes that are no longer deductible from federal income taxes (because of the $10,000 cap) to be deducted from state personal income taxes. This will allow taxpayers in New York to continue to take the […]

DIMOND: Toys That Can Spy

DIMOND: Toys That Can Spy

BY DIANE DIMOND Beware the holiday gifts that can spy on you. Sounds like an overly dire warning, you say? Well, in this evermore internet-connected world, it might surprise you how many wish list gifts come with a tantalizing lure for criminals. “If you can connect it to your home Wi-Fi there is always the […]

2 Car Motor Vehicle Accident

REPORT FROM CPD At approximately 2:36 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18 the Clarkstown Police Department responded to the intersection of Rt. 304 and Cosmos Ln. in New City for a report of a two car motor vehicle accident.  Responding officers observed two cars involved in an accident. A female driver of one of the vehicles suffered […]

Crime Reports — Week of December 14, 2017

Crime Reports — Week of December 14, 2017

TOWN OF RAMAPO  POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA & ENDANGERING WELFARE OF A CHILD On December 10, 2017 at approximately 3:45 a.m., a Ramapo Police Officer responded to a report of a vehicle doing “donuts” on a residential street in Monsey. The responding officer located the vehicle and the occupants were found to be […]

OMBUDSMAN ALERT! Chrysler Motors: Stop the stalling of Pacifica Minivans or provide loaner cars

OMBUDSMAN ALERT! Chrysler Motors: Stop the stalling of Pacifica Minivans or provide loaner cars

BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman As a follow-up to the November 30 Ombudsman’s article on this paper’s endorsement of the need for the recall of Chrysler’s 2017 Pacifica Minivan, this Ombudsman has contacted our local Congresswoman, Nita Lowey, requesting her assistance in this critical matter. The following information is quoted from my letter to the […]