Dear Editor, A recent Tax Watch Chart that appeared in the February 21, 2014 Journal News had a headline that said “Tax Free in Your Town.” It highlighted the number of parcels and the percentages of exempt properties in each Town. After reviewing the chart, one might think that the majority of the land in […]
The “Women of Leadership and Vision” celebrating its 10th year, honors community minded achievers for their vision, innovation and leadership towards improving the quality of life for others. This year’s event will include the third annual Young Women of Leadership and Vision Scholarship. The award will go to a young women who is a high […]
BY DREW JOHNSON It’s getting tough to take environmentalists seriously. More and more, the leaders of the environmental movement — the “Kings of Green” — are emerging as a pathetic mix of liars, frauds, hucksters and hypocrites who are more concerned with lining their pockets off environmental hysteria than actually protecting Mother Nature. Few would […]
Open response to question from Newsday correspondent Mike Gormely, I like Rob Astorino but I don’t feel he can or will win because he cannot trust the RINOs who will lay down on him and his candidacy like they laid down on me. Some of them have already jumped onto Cuomo’s bandwagon and the Republicans […]
It’s time to fix New York’s bad law BY ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN For 18 years, Fernando Bermudez was locked up in state prison — until a judge overturned his murder conviction. Once freed, he did what you or I would have done: sought financial relief to give him a small measure of justice and help get […]
To the Editor, At the recent interview sessions for the latest vacant school board seat for the Ramapo Central School District, the current board members expressed that they are a unit who votes as a team. The question was posed to each candidate that if they opposed the view of the board, would they be […]