PRESS RELEASE Nyack Chamber of Commerce Hosts Carlucci, Jaffee and Lowey at the Black Bear Saloon The Nyack Chamber of Commerce will host an informal discussion with New York State Senator David Carlucci, New York State Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee and U.S. Congresswoman Nita Lowey from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 9 at the […]
Supervisor Stewart chooses a new finance director; and he’s a veteran in more ways than one “Mr. Bencik, can you save us the dregs of tax hell?” “I can’t make any promises Mr. Stewart, but I’ll sure as heck try.” So might have gone the first interview between desperate-for-tax-relief Supervisor of Orangetown Andy Stewart and […]
Here are the early betting lines on who will announce their candidacy for Rockland County Executive in 2013, provided by the editorial staff of the Rockland County Times. These are not odds on who will win, just who might announce themselves as a candidate. If we are forgetting anybody obvious, be sure to call in […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Conservative Party’s September 26, 7:30 p.m. convention at the New City Town Hall continues to be marred by controversy, including claims of dishonesty, a lack of transparency and fraud, as well as persisting outrage over the scheduling of the event over Yom Kippur. The convention, which was closed to […]
Last weekend several arrests were made for stealing from local stores. On Friday, September 28 at approximately 10:25 p.m. the Clarkstown Police responded to Macy’s at the Palisades Mall for a report of an employee stealing money from the cash register. Folaskye Pierre-Louis, 25, from Spring Valley was arrested after store security observed him remove […]
BOCES Overcharging New York State Tax Payers According to an investigation by the Journal News and LoHud.com regional BOCES programs have overcharged New York school districts to the tune $473 million between 2007 and 2011. A recent report by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli uncovered that the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) regularly […]