By Frank Vernuccio, Jr., J.D. The announced dismissal of 550 U.S. Army majors is the latest move in what can only be seen as a concerted effort on the part of the White House to diminish America’s armed forces as much and as rapidly as the public will tolerate and the press will willingly overlook. […]
OPEN LETTER FROM GOVERNOR CUOMO TO THE STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER To Acting Health Commissioner Zucker, The deaths this month of 9-year-old Anna Conte and 3-year-old Olivia Marie Newton of Western New York were tragic reminders of the urgent help children with epilepsy desperately need. As a father, I can only imagine the pain Anna and […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Let’s face it. We have too many antiquated laws on the books. Our laws often fail to keep up with the times. I mean, do we really need a statute that prohibits rams from trespassing as they have in New Jersey? Or a law that makes it a crime to carry fruit […]
COCCHIARA PRESS RELEASE Responding to a blockbuster New York Times investigation and a Wall Street Journal report that said Governor Cuomo ‘obstructed’ an anti-corruption commission he created, NY Assembly Candidate Rich Cocchiara today called for a special prosecutor to finish the job the Moreland Commission was not allowed to do. Cocchiara challenged his opponent, Democrat […]
To the Editor, This is a bad bill for the people of Rockland County. Substantive changes to the Charter were promised by the Legislature, but the final product remains weak on ethical standards and comprehensive oversight. As I made clear, I will not approve this local law without term limits, an enhanced “two hat” rule […]
To the Editor, On vacation I re-read the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and Bill of Rights as Amended. I concluded that because of the antics of the despot Obama and his Democratic allies, change is in order. And I quote “But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, […]