To the Editor, The Clean Energy Standard (CES) that ensures upstate nuclear plants continue to operate provides far-reaching environmental benefits for all New Yorkers, not just upstate, as some have asserted. The plants avoid 16 million tons of carbon emissions released into the air we breathe. Importantly, according to one analysis, the CES’s nuclear provision […]
Compromise Between Legislature and Executive At a joint press conference, County Executive Ed Day and Legislative Chairman Toney Earl discussed recent compromises they reached about certain issues that have been a problem in the county for a long time. First, a new contract for the sheriff deputies’ union. They agreed funding for the money will […]
FROM EMPIRE CENTER Federal “block-granting” of Medicaid could have outcomes ranging from a multi-billion dollar gain to a multi-billion loss for New York’s $63 billion program, depending on how such a reform is designed, according to an analysis by the Empire Center’s health policy director, Bill Hammond. Block-granting, under discussion as part of proposed Obamacare replacement legislation, […]
BY BARRY WARNER Rotary International is a global network of 1.2 million members who come together to make positive, long-lasting change in communities at home and abroad through various charitable works. Rotary’s view is that solving real-world problems takes commitment, vision and their credo: “service above self.” For more than 110 years, Rotary members have made […]
By Phillip E. Goldstein, Managing Partner Goldstein Lieberman & Company LLC Business Advisers and Certified Public Accountants Think the Alternative Minimum Tax rules don’t apply to you? Think again! While Congress originally devised the alternative minimum tax (AMT) rules to ensure that high-income individuals who take advantage of multiple tax breaks will still owe taxes […]
BY JAMIE KEMPTON The Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame will honor six individuals during its 44th annual induction banquet on Saturday, April 22 at the Pearl River Elks Club in Nanuet. Reception is at 6 p.m. followed by the induction program at 7 p.m. This year’s roster of inductees includes Al Taylor, Nyack class […]