To the Editor, Someone on Facebook recently said she hears from people who are living in great distress and trauma that all the “systems” have failed them leaving them to heal and help themselves. What we need, she concluded, is fewer systems and more supportive communities. Well said, but how can this be brought about? […]
BY DREW JOHNSON Researchers in Colorado just came forward with a shocking claim: hydraulic fracturing, — or “fracking” — the decades-old method of using a high-velocity mixture of water, sand and chemicals to blast through rock to release oil and gas deposits, causes birth defects. There’s just one hitch: it isn’t true. Like many environmental […]
BY ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN Earlier this year, I proposed legislation that would combat a wave of zombies plaguing too many communities across our New York State. From the Bronx to Buffalo, cities and towns in New York have been plagued by what are commonly called zombie properties. These are homes that residents abandon — often […]
To the Editor, On Monday, May 26 I attended a Memorial Day service at the Mount Repose Cemetery in Haverstraw. There was a formal program handed out for the ceremony. On the program the guest speaker was Chris Day. Chris is a decorated veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan and he gave a very moving […]
Dear Editor, Please help us save St. John’s Church in Piermont, NY. The Archdiocesan Advisory Board has made a preliminary recommendation that St. John’s merge with St. Ann’s in Nyack, resulting in a new parish name that combines both parishes. For the most part, ministry would be held at one site: St. Ann’s, so St. […]
Dear Editor, Last week, the Town of Orangetown, in conjunction with the Rockland County Planning Department, held an important workshop to educate professionals in a number of fields (government, planning, law) about the issues raised by the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). This controversial federal law can tie the hands of local […]