BY DIANE DIMOND Are you or someone you know contemplating a divorce? Are there plans to hire a lawyer and take the matter to court? At the risk of raising the ire of matrimonial lawyers, I say, you might want to rethink that idea. I’ve written in this space about alternative ideas to divorce court, […]
Stony Point supervisor says newspaper was wrong ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES COMMENTARY Continuing his election strategy of disparaging the popular weekly newspaper the Rockland County Times and complaining that the editor-in-chief Dylan Skriloff is running for office against him, Stony Point Supervisor Geoff Finn took to social media to cast doubt on the veracity of numbers […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Ethan Saylor wasn’t like you and me. He was born 26 years ago with Down syndrome. He was a happy, loving, “goofy” brother to younger siblings Emma and Adam. His parents adored him. At one point, Ethan had moved out to live independently, but he had recently moved back to an apartment […]
BY SALLY C. PIPES Obamacare’s state-level health insurance exchanges are set to sign people up in October. But with the federal government on the hook to run 27 of them by itself — and another seven in partnership with states — it’s increasingly likely that they’ll open for enrollment after the official October 1 start […]
BY PETER PITTS Some major American healthcare providers are padding their bottom lines by exploiting a federal program meant to help low-income patients. This behavior is netting them billions in ill-gotten gains. And it could be preventing many vulnerable Americans from accessing the low-cost drugs they need to treat and prevent illness. This abuse needs […]
Dear Editor, United Water New York is run by a foreign enterprise consistently putting profits above customer health. Aliases of recent vintage include “Suez” and “Gaz de France.” But hold aside the security question of off-shore control of our drinking-water supply. United Water’s August 16 mailed notice arrived on the 26. It indicates that my […]