Spring Valley Murder Case After the stabbing and death of 20 year-old Orange County volunteer firefighter, Justin Speights, police have begun an investigation into the case. Coincidence would have it that an apartment owned by Spring Valley Trustee Vilair Fonvil’s family was raided by police in the search for the assailant. Police believe a renter […]
How to get everything that’s coming to you from the IRS Some people take a standard deduction on Schedule A either because it seems easier than itemizing deductions or because their tax preparer advises them that their allowable itemized deductions won’t exceed the standard deduction Here are some basic tips: First, be sure you know […]
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 […]