Rockland sheriff condemns county executive’s proposed police cuts BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco III offered sharp words for County Executive Ed Day’s draft 2015 budget on Friday, arguing the cuts to the sheriff’s office would reverberate throughout the county, impact taxpayers and undermine public safety. Speaking to a crowd […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN The Stony Point Historical Society, together with members of the Stony Point Town Council and other elected officials, held a brief ceremony Wednesday night, October 1 to thank Senator William Larkin for securing a $50,000 grant paving the way towards the completion of the Pyngyp Schoolhouse renovation. Pyngyp “provides a personal tone […]
County Executive Proposes Elimination of Rockland Sheriff’s Police Division, Cutting 37 Police Jobs Day: Rockland can no longer afford duplication of services BY BILL DEMAREST Originally published by Nyack Free Press NEW CITY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day, a former police officer, today proposed cutting 37 police jobs by eliminating the Police Division of […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA A court ruling on Friday opened the way for greater disclosure on United Water’s controversial desalination project, as the company will now be required to disclose records on project spending. The decision by State Administrative Law Judge Kevin J. Casutto requires United Water to disclose documents which detail $38 million of $60 […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The county may soon see an unexpected boost from previously overlooked money now bound to help service the county’s debt. The money comes from a number of inactive capital projects-some of which are decades old-which still retain funds in their accounts. Though the projects have all long since been […]
Town Councilman highlights errors, tax hikes, redirected spending RAMAPO – The Town of Ramapo’s tentative 2015 budget is out, featuring expected tax increases but also what Town Councilman Daniel Friedman characterized as sloppy and shady accounting. Friedman, who released the budget online Wednesday morning, stated that the document is deficient in multiple areas, leaves out […]