BY DIANE DIMOND Now we have a name. After two agonizing decades, the “Boy Under the Billboard” case I wrote about last year has finally been solved. But in determining the identity of the strangled 10-year-old boy who was abandoned under a highway billboard, the sheriff’s detectives also unraveled a dark family mystery. His name […]
Reacting to last week’s OMBUDSMAN ALERT article entitled “WILL NEW YORK BE THE SECOND STATE IN THE NATION TO TIGHTEN THE DWI BLOOD ALCOHOL LIMIT FROM .08 TO .05%”, both the ‘ADVOCATES FOR HIGHWAY AND AUTO SAFETY” and “MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING” issued the following statements for publication in the Rockland County Times: ADVOCATES FOR […]
BY CASSIDY WEBB Addiction touches all walks of life. Rich or poor, male or female, young or old – anyone is susceptible to falling into the disease of addiction. With the rates of overdose deaths steadily on the rise, it is more important than ever for those who are suffering with staying sober to be […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman On January 10 Ombudsman Alert published an article encouraging our state legislators, Senator David Carlucci and Assemblypersons Ellen Jaffee and Ken Zebrowski to sponsor or co-sponsor bills in the Senate amd Assembly to enable New York State to follow in the footsteps of the state of Utah to become the […]
BY SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI February 14th marks Valentine’s Day, and one group who deserves our thanks and compassion are veterans. Many of our veterans are living by themselves and making sure they feel remembered and appreciated can sometimes be overlooked. My way of saying thank you is to annually host a Valentines For Vets initiative […]
To the Editor, The recently enacted New York State abortion law, Reproductive Health Act, states that “every individual who becomes pregnant has the fundamental right to choose to carry the pregnancy to term (and) to give birth to a child…” Yet our State Legislators fully removed the fundamental rights and protections that pregnant women previously […]