BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown will seek public comment Tuesday on its plans to re-develop the 350-acre former campus of the Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg. The town purchased the mostly vacated campus of the state psychiatric hospital more than a decade ago, and has been trying to […]
Ms. Cornell, I am the President of the Fraternal Order of Police lodge in Rockland County. I have spent almost 40 years in law enforcement and am appalled by your comment comparing retired police officers to Chris Dorner — a disgraced ex-cop, who systematically murdered civilians and police officers. The men and women serving in […]
To the Editor, Because the VA didn’t test his PSA, Martin Bagrosky goes on a rant about Obamacare, and is concerned about Sarah Palin’s death panels. Richard J. Ablin discovered the PSA test in 1970 and now disowns it because its popularity “has led to a hugely expensive public health disaster.” The annual bill is […]
BY HARRIET CORNELL Chairwoman, Rockland County Legislature To the Editor, While I am loathe to get into the middle of a contentious race for Rockland County Executive, I am not a candidate and feel compelled to respond to Legislator Day’s misleading, erroneous, and mean-spirited comments regarding my relationship with the law enforcement community in Rockland […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The worldwide headlines say it all. From the United Kingdom: “Pathologist ‘Stockpiled Children’s Organs.’” In Canada, the headline: “Ontario Service Has 4,000 Autopsy Organs, Unmatched to Families.” From Las Vegas, this shocker: “Misplaced. Thrown away. Stolen. Sold? Nobody Knows What Happened to Richard Boorman’s Missing Organs.” And from New York: “Parents Shocked […]
BY STEPHANIE A. MINER Mayor of Syracuse and co-chairwoman of the New York State Democratic Committee. Originally published in the NY Times THE specter of financial collapse looms over New York State’s cities. For some the collapse is imminent, for others a few years off. Instead of confronting these realities, Gov.Andrew M. Cuomo‘s proposed state budget avoids […]