Reclaim New York offered the following statement in reaction to the state legislature’s joint hearing on taxes in the Governor’s budget proposal: “If New Yorkers put any stake in the governor’s “middle-class tax reform” promises from his State of the State tour, the Legislature’s hearing today shattered that. It was like watching the wolves decide […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE An electric evening with Scott Wolfson and Other Heroes and The Gaslight Tinkers, Friday March 3 at 8:30 p.m. at the Turning Point Cafe, 468 Piermont Avenue, Piermont. Alternative folk music and global rhythms. Contact turningpointcafe.com. Alessio Bax, pianist, March 5 at 2 p.m. Hosted by WQXR’s Elliott Forrest at the […]
PRESS RELEASE- The Empire Center’s online “Explore Your State Budget” app has been updated to reflect data in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed Executive Budget for the 2018 fiscal year, which begins April 1. The database of New York state budget information, which is accessible through the Center’s SeeThroughNY website, includes actual results, estimates and projections […]
BY CHRIS HANLY INVESTMENT CONSULTANT, GARY GOLDBERG FINANCIAL SERVICES We sure live in interesting and exciting times, especially from an investment perspective. I can’t think of anyone who predicted a 7-8 percent market rally on November 9th, the day after Mr. Trump became President Elect Trump. Regardless of how you feel about President Trump, this […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NEW CITY- Rockland County Executive Edwin J. Day stood before a crowd of over 100 persons-mostly supporters-as he delivered his annual State of the County address Tuesday evening in the Rockland Legislature’s Chamber. “We have been working for three years to transform this county from near bankruptcy with an unsustainable tax-and-spend cycle […]
BY SONIA OWCHARIW Kenneth Del Vecchio, chairman and festival founder, is launching the Hollywood-style glitz of the Hoboken International Film Festival (HIFF) in Greenwood Lake on May 19 to 25 at the Thomas Morahan Waterfront Park, on the north end. This is the first year at the Greenwood Lake location, and Del Vecchio promises that it […]