BY DIANE DIMOND It’s time for America to get its cybersecurity act together — on many fronts. But we need to start a serious discussion, right now, about how to keep the upcoming presidential election results safe and secure. This needs to be a completely nonpartisan discussion that looks past a particular candidate’s shockingly premature […]
BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY We’ve spent a lot of time this summer worrying about rain, or more precisely, the lack of rain. Happily, a couple of good storm brought us enough precipitation for us to ease up on the water restriction implemented by the Department of Health earlier this summer. But now, as […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Rockland is blessed to be surrounded by the majestic beauty of the Hudson River. The Hudson has always played a central role in the life of people in Rockland and my administration has worked has to attract tourism and create recreational activities based on our proximity to this national […]
BY MICHAEL HULL A Google search will quickly reveal the definition for unlawful or illegal surveillance. Here is one: “Illegal surveillance is the monitoring of a person’s activities or property in a manner that breaks regional laws. Depending on the region, wiretapping, recording a conversation without consent, following a target either in person or electronically or […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Fear, anger, cries of racism. This is what seems to envelop America these days. It’s all dished up daily by presidential candidates and the media. There are so many people taking offense to what others say or do that I can’t keep track of it all. It’s exhausting. A restaurant owner in […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Two things happened in Rockland last week that illustrate the past we are working to leave behind and the future we are embracing. The first was an unprovoked, inexcusable attack on two separate homes in New City where rabbis live. Someone put high-powered firecrackers outside these homes while the […]