BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – In the second of two annual meetings with Rockland and Westchester residents, New NY Bridge project representatives provided the latest information on the ongoing construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge at Nyack High School on March 27. According to Special Advisor Brian Conybeare, the current focus of construction […]
NYSAC PRESS RELEASE County leaders applaud the State Senate for passing legislation designed to reduce the number of deaths cause by heroin overdose. The bill, (S6477B), sponsored by Senator Kemp Hannon, allows authorized health care professionals to issue non-patient specific orders for Naloxone, an antidote that works to prevent accidental overdose death from heroin and […]
First 100 guests on opening day receive a travel mug with free coffee refills for a year and the chance to win a free panini for one year Corner Bakery Cafe is ready to “Feed the Day” in Nanuet, N.Y., with the opening of a new cafe on Monday, March 31. Whether it’s to discover […]
At Leg. Aney Paul’s urging, Legislature requests more information on emerging trend. Leg. Jobson resists proposed nanny state measure BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The rise of e-cigarettes has stoked both optimism and concern nationwide. Optimism that the smoking option can help long time puffers quit the habit, and concern that the cigarettes have […]
Basile’s incentive plan for emergency workers turns into Finn’s political giveaway BY CHERYL SLAVIN Tuesday night’s meeting of the Stony Point Town Board opened with Kathy Kivlehan, the Town’s Zoning Board Clerk, expressing the dismay and anger she said all the town workers felt at the Board’s decision to not discuss a resolution extending a […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM CLASH Tuesday, NYC Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment (C.L.A.S.H.) and advocate Russ Wishtart, through their attorneys Joshpe Law Group, filed a lawsuit against New York City and the New York City Council seeking to overturn the public ban on electronic cigarettes (e-cigs). The bill, which bans e-cigs wherever conventional smoking has been […]