READ FULL STORY HERE: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/nyregion/governor-andrew-cuomo-and-the-short-life-of-the-moreland-commission.html?referrer&_r=2 ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: THE NY TIMES Cuomo’s Office Hobbled State Ethics Inquiries By SUSANNE CRAIG, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and THOMAS KAPLAN With Albany rocked by a seemingly endless barrage of scandals and arrests, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo set up a high-powered commission last summer to root out corruption in state politics. It was barely two months old when its […]
ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Talk about tricks of the trade. Kevin Hoyt, a 30-year-old who lists himself as vice president of Hoyt Building Maintenance Company in Congers, and his twin brother, Kenneth, are accused of felony criminal mischief and petit larceny for allegedly stealing copper piping from air conditioning units atop the former Huffman Koos building […]
READERS HAVE INFORMED US THE TRUCK SHOWED UP VERY LATE — THE ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES APOLOGIZES IF YOU MISSED IT OR HAD TO WAIT National Ice Cream Day is this Sunday, but Good Humor is helping Nyack residents kick it off early with free ice cream from the Good Humor Truck tomorrow Friday, July 18. […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Seeking to identify a unifying campaign issue that could attract the support of all New Yorkers, the Rob Astorino gubernatorial campaign has started the process of creating an independent ballot line based on the “Stop Common Core” movement. The goal is to collect at least 15,000 valid signatures from all over the […]
Samantha Stark of Suffern and Danielle McIntee of Sparkill were recently announced as the two winners of the 2014 Rockland County Volunteer Firemen’s Association Stuart L. Gates Scholarship. Each received checks in amount of $1,250 from RCVFA at the July 11 at the Hillcrest firehouse on Route 45. Stark earned a 4.04 GPA and was […]
The Villages of Haverstraw, Spring Valley, and West Haverstraw, along with the Rockland County Department of Health’s Creating Healthy Places Healthier Corner Store program, and participating village corner stores, are promoting “Try It-You Might Like It!” events at local food markets in July. “We encourage residents to take advantage of these events to sample healthier […]
