One of the core principles of my administration is simple but powerful: we believe in listening to you. In Rockland County, our goal is not just to serve residents—it’s to collaborate with them. We want to hear your concerns, your ideas, and your vision for the place we all call home. Because when government and […]
Mental Health Awareness Month Life can often be incredibly challenging. We all go through tough times when everything seems to be going wrong. Unfortunately, not everyone has the ability to cope with these circumstances and mental health education is sorely lacking even here in the United States. While great strides have been made to reduce […]
Rockland County Legislators unanimously approved a contract to allow the construction of the new Rockland County Firefighters’ Memorial to move forward, a major milestone that will allow the project to break ground. “It’s really past time for us to have a county-level memorial,” Rockland County Legislature Public Safety Committee Chairman Paul Cleary said. “Many of […]
Opinion By: RCT Staff … is that everything is your fault. Congressman Mike Lawler seemed to learn that lesson the hard way on Sunday, as Rockland residents showed up en masse to lambaste him for the controversial choices of America’s most powerful reality television star. Every single media outlet in attendance at Sunday’s town hall, […]
New legislation codifies access to assisted suicide for terminally ill New Yorkers The New York State Assembly has passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which would allow a terminally ill patient to request medication to end their lives peacefully (A.136, Paulin). “This is about giving individuals autonomy, dignity and choice at the end of […]
Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday evening that a tentative budget agreement has been reached with state lawmakers. The 2026 budget, under state law, was supposed to be approved by April 1. The budget deal, said to be around $254 billion, includes several non-spending policy matters including a bell-to-bell cell phone ban in school for most […]