Op-ed by State Senator William Larkin (R, C – Cornwall-on-the-Hudson) Public service is a laudable field, and we should do everything possible to ensure that civic-minded, community-oriented men and women have the opportunity and ability to serve. Part of service is having a code of conduct, a sense of justice and abiding the highest ethical […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Earlier this week, Governor Cuomo signed an executive order requiring local governments across the state to take homeless people to shelters in freezing temperatures. While my county executive colleagues and I agree that caring for our homeless is a moral imperative, most of us have concerns with the governor’s […]
By Jerry Donnellan Director, Veterans Service Agency of Rockland County On December 22 at 13:30 hours, local time in Bagram, Afghanistan six Americans were killed. Sad to say that on this morning network news this ran as the fifth or sixth item, behind Star Wars, Hillary vs. Donald, and the Miss Universe debacle. Sad, not much has […]
BY DIANE DIMOND It never should have taken this long. It never should have taken more than 50 women alleging sexual assault at the hands of a celebrity before that celebrity was ordered to court to answer the allegations. But it has finally happened. Comedian Bill Cosby now finds himself in a very un-funny position. […]
To the Editor, Assemblyman Skoufis has pending legislation (A5098) entitled Tuition-Free NY which would grant free tuition, regardless of income, to all NYS – resident SUNY and CUNY undergraduate students attending two-year and four-year colleges. I first heard about this legislation at a meeting early last year soon after he proposed this bill. This sounded very enticing at first […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day As we usher in 2016, I think back on the past year – the challenges we faced and the successes we experienced as a county. We made some extremely difficult decisions to continue our course toward financial prosperity. We cut expenses. We controlled personnel costs. We reduced borrowing. We’ve […]