Montefiore Nyack Hospital recently announced the appointment of Paul Adler, Esq. as Board Chair of the Montefiore Nyack Hospital Foundation. Mr. Adler succeeds Mark Jacobs, who served as Montefiore Nyack Foundation’s Board Chair for 12 years. Under Paul’s guidance and proven leadership in philanthropy, Montefiore Nyack Foundation says it will continue its mission of providing […]
The state independent redistricting commission has released a draft of their proposed congressional districts, which appear to shore up at least two Hudson Valley incumbents, one Democrat and one Republican. In December of 2023, in a four-to-three decision, the state’s highest court ruled that the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) would return to the drawing […]
New York households hoping for some relief from a controversial tax policy were disappointed last week when a bid by Rockland representative Mike Lawler R (NY-17), to double the cap on SALT (state and local tax) deductions failed a procedural vote in the House of Reps. The Salt Marriage Penalty Elimination Act, which would have […]
On Sun., Feb. 18, Spring Valley resident Jean Don- ald Mathieu received NY’s Liberty Medal for saving an 8-month-old girl, Isabelle Lacrete, and two women from an apartment building fire. State Sen. Bill Weber, R- Montebello, gave the medal to Mathieu during a meeting of the Haitian Cultural Pres- ervation, Inc., which assists Rockland County’s […]
On Tuesday, February 13, Stony Point held a public hearing to discuss adopting a local law amending Chapter 215 of the Town Code. The newly amended chapter, which regards regulations in the Business (BU) Zoning District, would include clarifications for mixed uses in the district in regards to adding apartments to the upper stories of […]
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the documentary “Jews of Greece” of “Modern Odyssey” program with Dr. Despina Afentouli that was produced with BronxNet was screened at the Nanuet Public Library on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Prior to the film screening, the Head of the Adult Services of the Nanuet Public Library, […]