Ramapo crumbling BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The FBI is hot on Ramapo Supervisor Chris St. Lawrence’s trail as teams of federal agents beset town hall this afternoon and evening. With a search warrant in hand, the feds evacuated the building, instructing only certain higher-ups and their immediate staff to stay as they conducted the search. And […]
Statement from Assemblyman James Skoufis (D): “The combined destructive forces of Hurricane Irene and Topical Storm Lee have left scars in Orange and Rockland Counties that can still be seen today. Property owners are still burdened by the financial realities and difficulties of the rebuilding process. By covering the 25 percent of non-federal property buyout […]
Sandy “Help Centers” in Stony Point and Piermont launched this week to help homeowners and small businesses apply for recovery aid Stony Point, NY – Sandy Help Centers deployed to Piermont and Stony Point in Rockland County this week to help homeowners and businesses apply for federal recovery aid. Joined by local officials, Congresswoman Nita Lowey […]
FROM THE NYSSBA An overwhelming majority of school board members are optimistic that their budgets will pass on May 21, according to a recent poll by the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA). Ninety-three percent of respondents to the poll said they expect their budgets to pass on the first vote. Only 7 percent […]
CLARKSTOWN PD On Monday, May 13, 2013 shortly after midnight, Anthony Passarella, 32, from West Nyack, NY was arrested for DWI. Passarella was driving a 2001 Honda east on Laurel Road in New City when he failed to stop at the intersection with Brewery Road and struck a guardrail headon. Passarella appeared to be intoxicated […]
Trained staff to help Sandy victims with applications for federal housing and business recovery aid Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is deploying Sandy Help Team representatives to locations in Rockland County on Monday, May 13 and Tuesday, May 14 to help homeowners and business owners affected by Superstorm Sandy apply for recovery aid. Trained staff, from […]