A legislative column by Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) For many upstate New Yorkers, today symbolizes light at the end of the tunnel. Phase I businesses are being reopened, and people are able to return to work. I am wary, however, of the taste Gov. Cuomo has gotten for power. Gov. Cuomo has used his expanded […]
To the editor, While the CEO of Westchester Medical Center commands a salary of 2 million dollars, He has not given our front line health care workers hazard pay for working with COVID-19 patients. Its business as usual hospital administration all command the big salaries and the hands on people are ignored. W.M.C. runs Good […]
By County Executive Ed Day It does not appear that Rockland County and the rest of the Mid-Hudson Region will be ready to reopen on Friday, May 15. But it is possible that we will fully meet the criteria to reopen as early as next week. To be clear, in order to begin an economic […]
By Michael Lawler Republican candidate for NYS Assembly District 97 Back in late February, when I announced my candidacy for State Assembly, most people were vaguely aware of the growing COVID-19 pandemic overseas, but few saw it impacting our lives here in New York State in such a dramatic way. Fast forward a couple months, and I […]
By County Executive Ed Day May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This initiative first began in 1949 to raise awareness and reduce stigma by educating the public about mental illness, providing insight into living with mental illness and providing strategies for achieving wellness. This May brings special challenges to everyone’s emotional wellness. Awareness and support […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Wow. Reaction to my last column, which was focused on today’s political hypocrisy, was both shockingly swift and largely off-base. I wrote about a new police report alleging a sexual attack by then-Sen. Joe Biden against one of his young staffers 27 years ago. I compared how her charges against the presumptive […]