BY DIANE DIMOND It is not some science fiction movie plot. It is real. Human beings are being manufactured and sold — right here in America. Even more shocking is the fact that decades after the first commercial U.S. sperm bank was opened (1971), after the world’s first test tube baby was born (1978) and […]
COMMUNITY VIEW: Singin’ the Gromack Blues Amy Durbin Vice president, Clarkstown Taxpayers At the Clarkstown Town Board Meeting on June 4, 2013, I had to walk out before the frustration I felt made my head explode. While cooling off outside, I met a woman who was walking out of the building shaking her head. She […]
By Michael Pointing, vice president and general manager of United Water New York I am compelled to respond to recent calls for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to hold an issues conference for United Water’s Haverstraw Water Supply Project (HWSP). Rockland needs more water—and soon. In 2006, because of a history of […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Anyone out there live in a haunted house? It might seem like a silly question, but as home sales pick up you should know there are laws against selling a house without full disclosure. A seller is required to reveal a number of things about their home. Like the condition of roof […]
By MIKE LONG Lord Acton, the great English statesman, famously observed that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” After almost 30 months as New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo has left no doubt that his most important governing principle is acquiring more political power, not advancing the public good. The overriding issue for […]
BY ROBERT GOLDBERG Advances in cancer treatment are saving lives and cutting health-care costs. But because many health-insurance plans haven’t caught up with the times, nearly half of all cancer patients are forced to choose between the treatment that could save their lives — or one that’s paid for. John Rykert had been battling advanced […]