IS IT A ‘DO-SI-DO’ OR A ‘FOXTROT’?

Dear Editor, The Town Board of Orangetown held a Workshop Meeting on March 22, 2012 to generate public comment on the future of the Rockland Psychiatric Center and the adjacent Broadacresgolf course. I addressed the meeting and expressed my opinion that Broadacres was not the prime issue. The key issue is that the Town needs […]

PHILLIPS BLASTS DAY OVER RCIU COMMENTS

Dear Editor, I am responding to the comments of Legislator Ed Day that appeared in the Journal News on March 30 regarding Rockland County Intelligence Unit funding. Mr. Day stated that 50 percent of the arrests come from Haverstraw. We get the insinuation. That would be like someone saying that all the larcenies from the […]

Miele’s Musings — Bring Back Our Country In November!

BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE This year’s presidential election could bring back America as we once knew it, if the Republicans nominate the right candidate, and if the voters pay attention. If you read this column regularly, you know that if you vote for Obama again, you are voting for a mixed-up socialist government. But […]

Senator Gallivan Sponsors Legislation to Reform the “Scaffold Law”

Business community, lawmakers revive movement to repeal one of nation’s most regressive laws “New York State is routinely hailed as one of the most adverse environments in the nation for creating jobs, retaining jobs, or attracting jobs. To change that, New York needs to examine its own regulations and red tape that deter private sector […]

New York City, Big Business’s Ex-Mecca

BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE It used to be that in order to really make it, any big business had to have a presence in New York City. The city attitude became so arrogant that at one time, New York City actually threatened to secede from the state. Too bad it didn’t happen. It would […]

A BILLION DOLLARS WASTED THANKS TO NY TRIAL LAWYERS

Op-ed: The Tappan Zee Bridge and the Scaffold Law Thomas B. Stebbins Executive Director Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York It’s going to cost at least $5 billion to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge. That’s a fact. But what’s also a fact is that it could cost about $3.8 billion if the New York State […]