BY SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI Governor Cuomo’s original plan to force New Yorkers to replace their perfectly fine plates was unnecessary and arbitrary. Simply put, it was a cash-grab by the State. Thanks to adamant outcry against this policy, the Governor has pulled the plug on the plan. This is a decision I strongly agree with, […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman Ombudsman Alert published articles on August 9, 2018 and July 4, 2019 encouraging legislative action to prevent “hot car deaths” leading up to the introduction of legislation sponsored by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Congressmen Tim Ryan and Peter King, called the Hot Cars Act (H.R. 3593). This Act would mandate […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Nothing is perfect. Can we all agree on that? Especially when we’re talking about all the digital technology that surrounds us these days. But when deciding whether a technological advancement is worthwhile, shouldn’t more weight be given to the amount of good it can do, not to the (SET ITAL) possible (END […]
By County Executive Ed Day Rockland has had enough, enough over development, enough unsustainable growth, enough of our problems being ignored and enough of being told we are wrong, biased or anti-Semitic because of these valid concerns. What happened on the evening of Tuesday, September 3 was simply unprecedented. Hundreds of concerned residents, neighbors and […]
BY ED MANNING The US measles outbreak and the vitriol between antivaxxers and vaccine supporters waned with the summer break. But the embers still glow, a breath away from conflagration as the new school year gets under way under NY legislation now mandating measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations. The controversy added yet another dimension […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman Margaret Hamilton, who by relentlessly rooting out errors in the software guiding our astronauts on the first trip to the moon in 1969,is a true American heroine who has now turned 83 years of age. Quoting from this month’s MIT News,we note that Hamilton, who was a leader in MIT’s […]