To the Editor, On April 1 the Suffern Village Board unanimously adopted our budget for the 2013-2014 budget year beginning June 1. I brought up the fact that there was no provision in the capital budget for the proposed emergency crossing of the railroad at Orange Avenue connecting Orange with the West Ward community at […]
Statement on Gov. Cuomo’s Women’s Equality Act from Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) “ยThe first point in Governor Cuomoยs 10-point Womenยs Equality Act should have been removing Sheldon Silver. Silver has enabled and covered for a series of serial sexual predators in the Assembly. He enabled Vito Lopez and was going to allow […]
Originally published in HuffPo Over one hundred and fifty years ago, the womenโs suffrage movement began in America at the first Womenโs Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Since then, New York has been at the forefront of important social and legal movements that have advanced the equal treatment of all people. Over the […]
Statement on Gov. Cuomo’s Tax-Free Zone Defense Op-ed from Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) “Opposition to Governor Cuomo’s tax free zone gimmick is growing every day. ย The governor keeps telling us it’s ‘big and bold’, but it leaves most New Yorkers out in the cold. A few politically-connected companies with lobbyists will see […]
BY DIANE DIMOND If an adult has sexual relations with a 14-year-old, that’s bad, right? OK, well what if that “adult” has just turned 18 years old and has a younger teen as a love interest? Would their actions be as serious a crime as, say, a 40-year-old with a young teen? The law says […]
To the Editor, Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the number one birth defect in the U.S. and the number one killer of infants with birth defects. The American Heart Association strongly supports legislation that would ensure all newborns, prior to being discharged from the birthing facility, are screened for critical congenital heart defects using pulse […]