State Senator Bill Weber (R, Nanuet) is urging Governor Kathy Hochul to reevaluate the state’s all-electric school bus mandate set to take effect in 2027. According to the mandate, which was signed into law two years ago, all school buses sold beginning in 2027 must be electric with every bus in the state electric-powered by […]
County Executive Plans Immediate Review Rockland County legislators voted 13-0 to slightly amend and approve a 2024 County Budget that includes a 2 percent property tax cut, maintains programs and has no layoffs. “The 2024 budget comes after a decade of hard work that saw the elimination of a deficit, the implementation of new budgeting […]
The Empire State is set to raise the minimum wages in 2024, and is taking the steps to ensure that workers across New York are aware of the new standard. . On January 1, per an agreement between Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature, New York’s minimum wage will increase to $16-per-hour in […]
New York state’s Fourth Judicial Department has reinstated a controversial policy that empowers the state government to lawfully order people to involuntarily isolate or quarantine in order to prevent the spread of highly contagious diseases. Originally passed in February 2022, the dramatic expansion of the rights and abilities of the State Health Commissioner, collectively referred […]
Born in Suffern, raised in Nyack, and educated in Clarkstown public schools, David Bruen is a native son of Rockland and now wants to serve the community that raised him. As a former Eagle Scout, Bruen has led community service projects that have benefited Clarkstown. As Student Body President at Syracuse University, he represented 18,000 […]
Following waves of public outcry against Holtec International’s controversial plans to dump radioactive waste into a major New York waterway, Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation (S.6893/A.7208) into law, formally restricting discharges of any radiological substance into the Hudson River in connection with the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant. The proposal, formally titled the […]