$18 Million Sale of Novartis Stalled Due to Lawsuit The firm wanting to buy the vacant Novartis campus in Suffern for $18 million filed a lawsuit claiming the deal was hindered by the pharmaceutical companyโs refusal of aggressive environmental testing. The lawsuit was filed on Feb. 10 in the state Supreme Court in New City […]
NEW CITY, NY โย Rockland County Executive Ed Day today recognized five people and two organizations for the contributions made by the local Dominican-American community. ย He also issued a proclamation celebrating Dominican Independence Day, which will be observed on Monday. ย “We congratulate you, our Rockland residents of Dominican descent, on the 173rd anniversary of […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY KATHY KAHNย ย Andrew Cuomo came to the Village of West Haverstraw February 23 to meet an overflow crowd of elected officials, members of the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Corp. and business leaders at the villageโs community center. He outlined a plan to reduce New Yorkโs crushing tax burden, the highest in […]
The westbound span of the New NY Bridge is one step closer to coming together โ quite literally. Tappan Zee Constructors recently used the I Lift NY super crane to place an enormous, 95-foot-wide steel section to link the westbound Rockland approach span with the cable-stayed main span. The operation began during the early morning […]
PRESS RELEASEโ Rockland County Executive Ed Day marked the start of Women’s History month and his new Women’s Initiative today by naming Senior Chief Mary E. Cavanagh the Rockland Female Veteran of the Year. “We are proud to highlight the achievements that women have made in building our nation and, in this case, defending it,” […]
โTurning On One Another Is Not The Answerโ ย PRESS RELEASE– Legislator Lon M. Hofstein is strongly condemning anย alarming uptick in the number of acts of hate occurring in Rockland and across the nation. โThese attacks are completely unacceptable and I condemn each one of them,โ Hofsteinย said. โNo person should have to live in fear […]