NEW YORK – More than 20-year veteran of the MTA, Veronique Hakim, has been named interim executive director of the transportation agency as a search committee will review and recommend candidates for the permanent position. Chairman and CEO Thomas Prendergast retired last week as MTA head of the agency, which oversees New York City transportation […]
KeyBank has hired Renee Murdock to serve as Corporate Responsibility Officer for the bank’s Hudson Valley/Metro NY market. In this role, Murdock will be responsible for driving KeyBank’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) compliance within its Hudson Valley and Metro NY market areas. Additionally, Murdock will work with local KeyBank leadership and community organizations in partnership […]
BY JEREMY MOONEYHAM Many were on hand for the North Rockland Chamber ribbon cutting ceremony at Catch on the Hudson, 16 Front St. in the Village of Haverstraw last Saturday. Haverstraw Mayor Michael Kohut was among those at the celebration. Owner and Chef Steve Lauterbach grew up in New City and had worked in some […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT, Ombudsman A major project this columnist has strongly supported for months has been revealed as the number one infrastructure priority of the new Trump administration! According to documents obtained by the Kansas City Star, a daily newspaper in Kansas City, MO and then republished by other major media outlets, the Trump administration’s infrastructure consultants placed the upgrade and expansion of NYC metro area mass […]
Business organization celebrates 50 years BY KATHY KAHN Back in 1967, a handful of business owners hatched an idea to form a business association where they could share ideas and help build up the community. This year marks the 50th birthday of the Rockland Business Association. Al Samuels, President/CEO of the 900-plus member organization […]
PCSB Bank last week announced that its Board of Trustees has unanimously approved a Plan of Conversion whereby PCSB Bank will convert from a New York-chartered mutual savings bank to a New York-chartered stock savings bank. As part of the conversion, PCSB Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of a new corporation, named PCSB Financial […]