BY E.J. McMAHON Originally published by NY Torch The billions of dollars funneled from New York’s treasury to movie and TV producers had no statistically significant impact on the industry’s employment in the Empire State through 2017, according to a new multi-state study of such tax incentives. Study author Michael Thom, an associate professor at […]
Michael Diederich, Jr. Candidate for Rockland County district attorney Trial lawyers are very competitive, and prosecutors even more so. They hate to lose. Yet the elected District Attorney has a higher responsibility than merely winning cases. His obligation to uphold the law, protect the public, and to do justice. There are two views as to […]
By County Executive Ed Day Picture this; Rockland County has increased its surplus to levels not seen since the early 2000s, our bonds are ranked in the A-category by ALL the major credit rating agencies, saving tax payer dollars on our needed infrastructure projects and we have just announced the 2020 Proposed Budget with a […]
By Kenneth I. Moch More than 120,000 Americans will lose their battle to Alzheimer’s disease this year. This debilitating condition is the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death. Nationwide, someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s disease every 65 seconds. Nearly 6 million Americans currently live with this devastating condition. By 2050, that number could skyrocket […]
OMBUDSMAN ALERT has followed the subject of this HOT CAR legislation in articles published in this column on August 9, 2018, July 4, 2019, September 12, 2019 and September 19, 2019 – as part of CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK. Since the details of this Act(H.R. 3593) have now been released as amended, OMBUDSMAN ALERT will […]
BY DIANE DIMOND A famous Greek myth recounts the tale of the diabolical King Sisyphus. He was punished for his many murderous actions by being forced to roll a huge boulder up a hill. No matter what method he used, each time Sisyphus neared the top of the hill, the boulder would crash back to […]