Crime Blotter 8/10/17

Crime Blotter 8/10/17

HAVERSTRAW PD STRING OF LARCENIES On Sunday, July 30 Haverstraw PD received multiple complaints of larcenies from vehicles in the Riverglen Drive/Skyline Drive area in Thiells, NY. In each case, the suspect(s) broke a vehicle door window and removed belongings left visible on the front seat of the car. HPD would like to remind everyone to […]

Summertime Turns Cars Into Death Chambers

Summertime Turns Cars Into Death Chambers

BY DIANE DIMOND Why does this keep happening? Surely, people know by now how dangerous it is to leave a child in the car in the summertime! It can be deadly, yet it keeps happening year after year. Consider this my annual reminder to never ever leave a child alone in an enclosed vehicle, no matter […]

Trump gets tougher with China on trade

Trump gets tougher with China on trade

The Trump Administration is planning on taking a stricter stance on U.S. trade laws which impact China. This decision follows President Donald Trump’s disappointment with how China has handled North Korea and its nuclear missile program. However, this policy specifically deals with complaints from U.S. businesses, not North Korea’s nuclear missile program. “The U.S. is […]

Carlucci Sponsored “ABLE Act” Takes Effect

Carlucci Sponsored “ABLE Act” Takes Effect

More than 400,000 New Yorkers with disabilities will now have the opportunity to save money for their health-care needs PRESS RELEASE More than 400,000 New Yorkers with disabilities will now have the opportunity to create a tax-exempt savings account for their health-care needs as a result of the “ABLE Act” taking effect. Modeled after the federal […]

Nyack mayor gets gig with Champlain Hudson Power Express

Nyack mayor gets gig with Champlain Hudson Power Express

Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI) announced yesterday that Jennifer Laird-White will become the new director of Community Relations for the company’s Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission project. The Champlain Hudson Power Express Project is a completely buried, 333-mile HVDC transmission line that will be installed underwater and underground predominantly along existing rights-of-way, originating at the U.S.-Canada […]

MUPRHY WRITES OPEN LETTER TO SEN. CARLUCCI, ASSEMBLY PERSONS JAFFEE & ZEBROWSKI ASKING FOR IMPROVED WAGES FOR DSPs

MUPRHY WRITES OPEN LETTER TO SEN. CARLUCCI, ASSEMBLY PERSONS JAFFEE & ZEBROWSKI ASKING FOR IMPROVED WAGES FOR DSPs

As a former fellow elected government official for 44 years and a 50-year advocate/volunteer service provider to people with developmental disabilities, I respectfully request that you consider what might be a quixotic mission. In your elected position, you represent a county with an extraordinary legacy of human care. It began with the establishment, in our […]