ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES A bill to close the limited liability corporation (LLC) campaign finance loophole has passed the Assembly (A.1926) for the third straight session. The LLC loophole allows individuals who own LLC corporations to circumvent campaign contribution caps and funnel limitless donations to political campaigns. “Voters have made it clear they’re sick and tired […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It figures to be a hectic Stony Point Planning Board meeting Thursday, June 22, 7 p.m. at the RHO Building. New Planet Sustainable Fuels will be making a presentation on their Holt Dr. site plan and a new application will be presented for the waterfront development project, now named “Eagle Bay” and […]
Another instance of racist and anti-semitic graffiti being uncovered in Rockland County occurred this week, as the Palisades Interstate Parks Commission reported swastikas and racist comments painted at Hi Tor State Park in New City following their discovery by a local volunteer. Rockland County Executive Ed Day and other community leaders condemned the hateful graffiti. “We deplore […]
FROM RAMAPO PD On June 9, 2017, the Ramapo Police Department, in conjunction with the Rockland County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (S.P.C.C.), conducted an alcohol sale compliance check of business located in the Town of Ramapo. An undercover agent who is less than 21 years of age, the legal drinking age, attempted […]
FROM CPD On Thursday June 8, 2017 The Clarkstown Detective Bureau arrested Luis Baez, 33, of New City, NY at police headquarters, bringing to a close a three month investigation stemming from four separate robbery cases in the New City area. Baez is accused of committing three armed robberies and one attempted robbery of two separate 24-hour gas […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE– Longtime Rockland Veterans Service Agency Director Jerry Donnellan has announced that he will retire at the end of the year, the County Executive’s Office stated in a press release this week. Donnellan has served the county and countless veterans as chief of the Veteran’s Agency for 30 years. He is taking a medical […]