Jennifer Korn and Joe Kuhn New York State is continuing to make progress in the fight against Covid-19. This week, during an update on the state’s vaccine rollout and infection rates, Governor Cuomo announced that New York’s Statewide Positivity Rate has dipped to 4.68% and that the seven-day average positivity rate has been steadily declining […]
By: Jennifer Korn On Friday, Jan. 19, Congressman Mondaire Jones (D) took a big step toward fulfilling one of his campaign promises. Jones introduced the SALT Deductibility Act, a bill that would provide tax relief for Rockland and Westchester families and remove former president Donald Trump’s $10,000 cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) […]
By: John Jastremski Maybe I should’ve learned my lesson. Maybe I should’ve just known better. However, I go back two years ago when Tom Brady held up the Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Los Angeles Rams and I kinda figured, yeah there’s no way he’s winning anymore right? Well, fast forward two years. Oops, […]
 Rockland County Legislators Aron Wieder (D), Itamar Yeger (D) and Phil Soskin (D) have commended Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski and Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick for introducing a bill to the state senate which would allow any school district in Rockland to create wards for school board elections. “We want to commend Assemblyman Zebrowski and Senator Reichlin-Melnick […]
By: Joe Kuhn    County Executive Ed Day has issued a State of Emergency banning travel on all county and local roads for all but essential business, which began at 6:00 AM Monday morning. Executive Day’s ban precedes similar measures from Governor Andrew Cuomo who has locked down most of southern New York […]
 During the past eleven months the food pantries and feeding programs throughout Rockland have seen an overwhelming increase in the amount of people that need assistance with food. Many have reported serving triple the amount of people since the pandemic started, as well as hundreds of new families. In response to this crisis, the […]