JAFFEE GOES NATIONAL: Makes Statement in Opposition to Nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court

JAFFEE GOES NATIONAL: Makes Statement in Opposition to Nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court

STATEMENT BY ASSEMBLYWOMAN ELLEN JAFFEE I stand with Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer, and my Democratic colleagues in opposition to President Trumpโ€™s discriminatory executive actions and to his nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, 10th US Circuit Court Justice, to the United States Supreme Court. Judge Gorsuchโ€™s rulings do not support equality and civil rights for […]

Legislators Applaud โ€˜Unprecedentedโ€™ Modifications To Suez Rate Case

Legislators Applaud โ€˜Unprecedentedโ€™ Modifications To Suez Rate Case

PRESS RELEASEโ€“ The conservation so passionately called for by Rockland County Legislator Harriet Cornell and other local water stewards may soon be a reality following a draft order by the Public Service Commission concerning a rate hike request by Suez Water. The PSC last week decided not to accept a three-year joint proposal that would […]

DAY vs. THE DEMS AGAIN: Will the Budget War Ever End?

DAY vs. THE DEMS AGAIN: Will the Budget War Ever End?

Circumstances allow Legislator Grant and Democrats to renew budget battle with Day BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Did you think the arduous county budget battle of 2016-17 was settled, with County Executive Ed Day and six of seven Republican legislators narrowly defeating the Democrats on the strength of Dayโ€™s veto? Think again! Both sides had been aware […]

Locals Party For New President Trump

Locals Party For New President Trump

BY KATHY KAHN While fanfare was humming in the Nationโ€™s capitol, locals from Rockland, the Hudson Valley and Bergen County had a celebration of their own at the Mahwah Sheraton on January 20. More than 150 guests, many in formal attire, watched Trumpโ€™s inauguration replayed and joined in toasting the outcome of the election. After […]

CARLUCCI FIGHTS DOPE: Deaths from ‘Smack’ Rise to Record Levels

CARLUCCI FIGHTS DOPE: Deaths from ‘Smack’ Rise to Record Levels

PRESS RELEASE — Last week, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced the most recent estimated Rockland and Westchester death tolls caused by opioid based drugs. The yearly death tolls in both counties have more than tripled since 2008. โ€œOur community cannot allow this alarming trend to continue,โ€ stated Senator Carlucci. โ€œThere are options available for us […]