When the Rockland County Corrections Officers union supported Republican Richard Vasquez for Rockland sheriff, union leaders soon feared retribution from their boss, Sheriff Lou Falco. Union leaders and members who were most active in Vasquez’s campaign have oft-complained off-the-record about being targeted by Falco’s regime in various petty ways. Now Falco has the biggest pelt […]
Governor Cuomo on Wednesday proposed a freeze on tolls for both the Thruway and the Tappan Zee Bridge until the year 2020. The proposal isn’t cheap, it comes at a cost of $1 billion dollars to be paid to the Thruway Authority from other funds as yet unknown. In addition to freezing bridge tolls, Cuomo’s […]
Dr. Willie L. Bryant, a dentist, community organizer and influential human rights activist in the Mid-Hudson Valley for more than 45 years has died. He was 77. Bryant was a major catalyst – working with New York State Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffe and the late state legislator William Darden – for the erection of the Thurgood […]
PRESS RELEASE The New York State Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday announced the State’s Medical Marijuana Program will launch on January 7 as scheduled — 18 months after Governor Cuomo signed the Compassionate Care Act. The program will make approved forms of medical marijuana available with a physician’s certification at designated dispensaries across New […]
On January 4 the Stony Point Police Department arrested 29-year-old Broc Donnison on two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. The New Berlin, NY man allegedly was found in possession of 13 envelopes of heroin, several hypodermic needles and suboxone during a traffic stop in town. He was released on […]
FROM RAMAPO PD A Spring Valley taxi driver was allegedly assaulted and robbed yesterday evening in Hillcrest. On Monday, January 4 at about 9:08 p.m., while on patrol, a Town of Ramapo Police officer was flagged down by the taxi cab driver at Rt. 45 near Rennsalear Drive in Hillcrest. According to the victim, he had picked up […]