On Saturday, October 19, 2025 during the third “No Kings” demonstration, my right to safely demonstrate was not enforced by the Clarkstown Police. The anti-Trump Demonstrations of this past weekend were the largest so far as these massive demonstrations keep growing. I thought my right to safely counter demonstrate had been secured based upon the […]
Project Maple, originally called the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project – a pipeline built by Spectra Energy and now purchased by Enbridge in Canada. The Constitution Pipeline, owned by the Williams Company and now being promoted by Governor Hochul. The Williams-NESE (North East Supply Enhancement) Pipeline owned by Transco, a subsidiary of the Williams Company […]
By Judy Farrell, MPA, Program Director, Tri-County Long Term Care Ombudsman Program Imagine you’ve paid off your primary living expenses, and now you’re left with a mere $50 monthly to buy a gift card for your grandchild, a favorite snack, better-fitting clothes, or countless other necessities. Such is the case for tens of thousands of […]
New York families already face some of the steepest health care costs in the nation, with premiums and deductibles eating up bigger chunks of household budgets every year. New York’s Department of Financial Services has warned that Obamacare premiums are climbing in 2026. While insurers initially sought a 13.5% increase, state officials approved a 7.1% […]
Dear Editor, I am 60 years old, disabled, and dependent upon Medicaid and SNAP. Soon enough, I will be dependent upon Medicare. If I do not have medications and access to doctors, I am essentially non-functional. I am struggling to return to work, but without satisfactory resolution of my health problems, I will never be […]
By Kimball Shinkoskey In school, Americans were taught that the world works on the basis of education, science, law, honesty, goodwill, elections, free enterprise, corporate responsibility, government ethics, service-oriented political leadership. You get the picture. Except for brief periods of time, all that good stuff has never really materialized in the lives of most […]