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 […]
To Dr. Alpert [The RCT Ombudsman] and Rockland County Times readers: Dr. Alpert’s recent column on the decline in service from the U.S. Postal Service was sadly not surprising. Unfortunately, Ombudsman Alert is not alone. Among the 164 postal cases my District Office staff has addressed over the past 12 months, at least six included complaints about […]
By Supervisor George Hoehmann Technology. We all rely on it for many aspects of our daily lives. There is always something new around the corner, on even a daily basis: new phones, new tablets, new devices, new gadgets, new apps—new everything. You can do a lot of things in an instant. The speed by which […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman In a bill A8914A, sponsored by Assemblyman Byrne of Westchester (Senate matching bill S7671), our neighboring assemblyman is attempting to restore the tradition and history of our area by adding back the name “Tappan Zee” to the newly minted “Mario M Cuomo” bridge. His justification, quoted directly from his bill, […]
By County Executive Ed Day Here in Rockland County natural beauty surrounds us – flowers and trees, streams and rivers, mountains and valleys and so much more. This week I had the pleasure of presenting the 21st annual Rockland County Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award. The County Executive’s Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award recognizes exceptional volunteers who […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman The Ombudsman Alert mailed out two separate packages on April 3 and April 16, 2018 to Plainview, New York and Saint George, Utah, respectively, purchasing tracking numbers on each package to trace their deliveries to the recipients. On each of the receipts given by the local post office, along with […]