The Ombudsman Alert’s last article: “Legislation Advanced to Restore Tappan Zee to New Bridge” called upon our elected legislators, Ken Zebrowski, Ellen Jaffee and David Carlucci to support pending bills in the Assembly and Senate, A8914A and S7671, respectively, which would restore the Tappan Zee name to our new bridge, while saving New York State […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman The Ombudsman Alert, in a series of three previous articles on driverless vehicles, dated November 10, 2016, March 16, 2017 and October 12, 2017, detailed a diverse coalition of leading state and national stakeholders representing auto safety, public health, law enforcement and various consumer groups to monitor the progress of […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Last week NJ Transit surprised Rockland County commuters with yet another unfair and unwarranted elimination of services. NJT announced that two of Rockland’s express trains on the Pascack Valley Line would be cut to facilitate the installation of PTC (Positive Train Control) with not a peep of protest from […]
By Supervisor George Hoehmann As Mother’s Day approaches, I think about all the moms in my life and what they mean to me. For many Mother’s Day can be a happy, joyous occasion and yet a difficult, hard day for others. I have many fond memories of my mom, who is sadly no longer with […]
BY STATE SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI The number of robocalls people receive is staggering. According to the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), robocalls have increased about 285 percent since September of 2015. Even worse the NCLC estimates last year in New York State alone, there were more than 1.92 billion robocalls, placing them 5th in the […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Last week the emotional wounds of the past were once again ripped open. New York Supreme Court Justice John Kelley ordered that Judith Clark receive a new parole hearing. In his ruling, he said that the State Parole Board “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in its April 2017 decision to […]