BY DIANE DIMOND It will be a monumental decision either way: one that has the potential to shape national politics and public policy for decades to come. And don’t be fooled into thinking it’s just about U.S. immigration policy. It is much bigger than that. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether it […]
Open letter to the public: Being a military veteran I have firsthand experience with the strain of being employed and being called into active military service on the individual or his or her family. Ironically on Dec 23, 2015 I was first made aware of the official orders (dated July 8, 2015) for activation from […]
To the Editor, There is an aspect of Governor Cuomo’s State of the State message that doesn’t seem to have captured the attention it deserves here in Rockland and in the region. I refer to the goal of transferring the responsibility of the Canal Corp. from the Thruway Authority to the NY Power Authority. The […]
BY JEFF GILLIES With one subtle move in appointing Legislator Aron Wieder to replace Legislator Nancy Low-Hogan on the Budget and Finance Committee, Rockland County Legislature Chairman Alden Wolfe has effectively given his band of Ramapo Democrats the power to block just about any matter of importance in county government. Wolfe’s appointment of Wieder places […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Last week, I visited the Spring Valley Police Department to get a firsthand look at the county’s new 911 system. The state-of-the-art “Next Generation 911” software is now fully operational for callers in Haverstraw, Orangetown, Ramapo, Stony Point, Suffern and Spring Valley. Upgrades in Clarkstown, which last re-vamped its […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day This week, I joined with union leaders to announce tentative deals that would provide modest raises for approximately 1,500 Rockland County employees. The agreements, if ratified by rank-and-file members of the Civil Service Employees Association and the Rockland Association of Management, would mark the first pay increases for both […]