To the Editor, This November, voters across our state will have the opportunity to vote on an amendment to the State Constitution that would take pensions away from elected officials convicted of corruption. I strongly encourage all New Yorkers to support this much-needed measure. Time and again, we have seen the same story: an elected […]
To the Editor, On November 7 New Yorkers have an opportunity that comes around only once every 20 years – to establish a Constitutional Convention. New York is at its greatest when it stands up for participation, democracy, and the power of ordinary people. Both party’s inability to get any meaningful change accomplished has us […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Women and children: two segments of the population we cherish and try to protect. But, sadly, not if the woman is in the prison system. Now, don’t think for a minute that I’m soft on women who commit crimes, because I’m not. But generational incarceration is a real thing, and we are […]
Critical safety and consumer improvements resulted from the Oct. 3 national conference call of consumer advocates, which included Ombudsman Alert BY LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman Ombudsman Alert’s last article, published on Oct. 12, described the emergency national conference call by a coalition of leading safety and consumer advocates, which called on the US Senate Commerce Committee […]
BY SUPERVISOR GEORGE HOEHMANN One of my first priorities as supervisor was to step up the enforcement of our town code to protect our quality of life in Clarkstown and protect our first responders. Last year, I created a new code compliance unit, which consists of Deputy Town Attorney, Leslie Kahn, a veteran prosecutor, and […]
To the Editor, Approval rating for the House of Representatives is in the teens, so I guess a House Sub-Committee rating would be lower? I’ve heard it said that Congress couldn’t find its gluteus maximus with both hands, but the VA makes mistakes so big, even Congress can’t miss them. Here’s one: in 2016 the […]