To the Editor, Preet Bahara has done his job and indicted Supervisor St. Lawrence and Aaron Troodler for criminal bond fraud. And the SEC has done its job and indicted St. Lawrence, Aaron Troodler, Michael Klein and Nat Oberman for civil bond fraud. Unfortunately, these federal agencies have no authority over the conduct of ordinary […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Would you hire someone to manage your personal affairs and finances who charged $50,599.18 in just three months? What if they charged $1,560 to make two phone calls to your son to discuss “dates for (a) Christmas” visit with you? Or if you got a bill for more than $1,000 from this […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The former Special Forces sergeant stood before the Veteran’s Treatment Court judge — as he had every two weeks since being charged with driving under the influence a year earlier — and admitted he had lied. His urinalysis test had come back positive, although he had originally denied it. Sgt. Joe Serna […]
Letter to The Journal News from NYS Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Given the turn of events in the Town of Ramapo related to the questionable financing of a minor league baseball stadium, is there any doubt New York’s local development corporations need more oversight? Commonly known as LDCs, these entities are private, not-for-profit corporations often […]
Letter from the Mayor of Montebello Lance Millman: All Planning and Zoning Board members have been appointed and approved by the Town Board, presumably upon St. Lawrence’s recommendations. Land-use board member have been active in all aspects of the town’s approvals, including one prior zoning board member, now a Town Board member, who has been […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Later this month, one of the most powerful men ever to have served in the U.S. House of Representatives will face a federal judge to learn his fate. Dennis Hastert has pleaded guilty to evading U.S. banking laws, illegally structuring payouts to conceal other crimes and lying to the FBI. But that’s […]