BY DIANE DIMOND Every action has a reaction, and every decision has a consequence. Remember that lesson you learned early in life? A funny thing happened on the way to introducing naloxone to the world of drug addicts. Experts in the field decided this antidote to nearly fatal drug overdoses was a modern-day miracle that […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Imagine a parallel universe where your Rockland County tax bill went up a staggering 35 percent to pay for a bloated $926.5 million budget. It could have happened – but it didn’t. Those were the predictions made in a multi-year budget plan done by the county in 2013, […]
By Supervisor George Hoehmann This week we were stunned as a nation when we learned of the horrible slaughter of 59 of our fellow citizens in Las Vegas and 527 more injured. Our hearts, still heavy with pain, go out to the families of the victims, and we pray with them in their darkest hour. Yet, […]
OP-ED BY PUBLISHER DYLAN SKRILOFF The Champlain Hudson Power Express [CHPE] continues to move closer to reality and New York authorities continue to dangle parts of the Town of Stony Point in its path for reasons unclear. The town seems to be a casualty of a deal struck between Governor Andrew Cuomo, the Scenic Hudson […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman This Ombudsman Alert has investigated some of the strategies available to consumers to best protect themselves from the unprecedented Equifax Breach, which involves the potential compromise of the personal data of 143 million consumers, including names, addresses, social security numbers, and birth dates. According to Consumer Reports, “the first, best, […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day When the state started creating plans in 2000 to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge, many of us in Rockland County thought we would finally get the mass transit options that much of the New York metro area already enjoys. In the 17 years that it’s taken to […]