UNSUNG HERO: Carole Tjoa, Rotary Club of North Rockland

UNSUNG HERO: Carole Tjoa, Rotary Club of North Rockland

BY BARRY WARNER Rotary International is a global network of 1.2 million members who come together to make positive, long-lasting change in communities at home and abroad through various charitable works. Rotary’s view is that solving real-world problems takes commitment, vision and their credo: “service above self.” For more than 110 years, Rotary members have made […]

ABCs of AMT

ABCs of AMT

By Phillip E. Goldstein, Managing Partner Goldstein Lieberman & Company LLC Business Advisers and Certified Public Accountants Think the Alternative Minimum Tax rules don’t apply to you? Think again! While Congress originally devised the alternative minimum tax (AMT) rules to ensure that high-income individuals who take advantage of multiple tax breaks will still owe taxes […]

Rockland Sports Hall of Fame to Induct Six

Rockland Sports Hall of Fame to Induct Six

BY JAMIE KEMPTON The Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame will honor six individuals during its 44th annual induction banquet on Saturday, April 22 at the Pearl River Elks Club in Nanuet. Reception is at 6 p.m. followed by the induction program at 7 p.m. This year’s roster of inductees includes Al Taylor, Nyack class […]

PIANY member meets with Hudson Valley lawmakers to discuss insurance issues

PIANY member meets with Hudson Valley lawmakers to discuss insurance issues

PRESS RELEASE– Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Director Frances A. Scott, of the F.A. Scott Insurance Agency, in Goshen, met with Sen. William J. Larkin Jr., R-39; Assemblyman James Skoufis, D-99; and Assemblywoman Aileen M. Gunther, D-100, to discuss PIANY’s 2017 legislative priorities as part of the association’s District Office Visit Program. Both Larkin […]

NYSAC Applauds State Legislative Budgets for Halting Proposed Cost Shift to County Taxpayers

NYSAC Applauds State Legislative Budgets for Halting Proposed Cost Shift to County Taxpayers

FROM NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (NYSAC) The State Legislature last week addressed two significant cost shifts in the 2017-18 Executive State Budget proposal.  The first one addressed a cost shift in public health problems, which was rejected by both the Senate and Assembly in their respective one house budget bills. “County taxpayers cannot […]