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 […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman As a result of this column’s April 12 publication of “What is the cost of removing and replacing the numerous Tappan Zee signs on the Thruway and Palisades Parkway with Mario Cuomo signs,” the Ombudsman Alert was contacted by several individuals closely connected to the history of the original Tappan […]
BY STATE SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI You go on the internet to check Facebook, watch your favorite TV show, and much more. The last thing you want are websites taking longer to load or for the Internet Service Provider (ISP) to charge you to view the content. Without net neutrality that could happen. Last December, the […]