BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT When this Ombudsman was a youngster (more than 75 years ago) I received a piggy bank from my parents and was told to save my pennies which would eventually grow into dollars. Some PACS operating today, as well as for many past years, have also adopted this strategy for accumulating wealth, […]
PRESS RELEASE – Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) today announced her appointment as Chairperson of the Assembly Standing Committee on Children and Families. “The issues children and families face, especially those children living in poverty, are community issues,” Jaffee said. “The childcare crisis in New York State is one of the major obstacles to self-sufficiency and […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day, a former detective commander in the New York Police Department and past chief of detectives for the Baltimore Police Department, strongly criticized the decision to commute the sentence of one participants in the 1981 Brinks robbery that killed two Nyack police officers and a guard. “Commutation of Judith Clark’s sentence […]
Official NYSYD Statement This morning, former Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman passed away at the age of 30. A young man passionate about public policy, Dan began his career at the age of 15 when he interned in the New York State Assembly. He later went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in government and […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT The emphasis given in this column over the past several months to the need for the approval and funding of the “Gateway Tunnel Project” has been echoed by leaders in both major political parties as well as by the leading Boards and Agencies governing the major infrastructure projects proposed for this […]