The Rockland County Legislature unveiled two potential redistricting maps at their October 19 meeting as their months-long effort to fairly divide the county comes closer to an end. According to Rockland’s bylaws, each of the county’s 17 districts should be even in size, as close as possible to 19,918 people. Due to an influx of […]
The ongoing buzz surrounding Stony Point’s Letchworth property continues as plans to use the former site as a multi-generational community have caused quite a stir with residents and town council members as they are still not seeing eye to eye. The $3.1 million proposed project is currently under development with the Hudson Park Group who […]
Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick and Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, gathered with first responders, representatives from FASNY (Firefighters Association of the State of New York), and local elected officials, in support of legislation to allow any local government to provide a tax credit for volunteer firefighters and ambulance corps members. The bill, which passed both houses unanimously, would […]
During the pandemic many of our Parks and Recreation programs had to take a hiatus, especially programs for se niors. We adapted to that challenge by recording a number of programs for our cable access and YouTube channels to get seniors mentally engaged and physically moving. While many seniors have returned to pre-pandemic levels of […]
Rockland County and the owners of the Country Village Towers Apartment Complex in Spring Valley report that they have reached a resolution of their dispute. By way of back- ground, the County after assuming oversight of the Village of Spring Valley Code Enforcement functions charged the owners and managers of the Country Village Towers including […]
Rockland County residents will save about $10 million in energy sales taxes after the County Executive and County Legislature launched actions to end the tax. The move comes prior to the arrival of colder temperatures and is expected to save taxpayers about $4 million in just the winter months alone, and about $10 million […]