CHORBA’S TAKE ON CUOMO’S SYMPATHY FOR BRINKS TERRORIST
Fomer Rockland BOE commish suit to keep job dismissed in NY Supreme Court
NY Supreme Court Justice Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman dismissed Former Rockland County Board of Elections Commissioner Lou Babcock’s suit seeking court intervention on his ouster as BOE commissioner. Babcock claimed the Republican Party inappropriately removed him via dictate of the Executive Committee instead of allowing the full Republican Committee to vote. Hon. Scheinkman said the […]
A Travesty of Justice
BY SUPERVISOR GEORGE HOEHMANN Everyone agrees that killing a police officer is so abhorrent that it warrants the toughest penalties allowed by our criminal justice system — including the death penalty. Everyone, it seems, except for Governor Cuomo. As supervisor of Clarkstown, the town where the Brinks robbery and murders took place, I am outraged over […]
ULLMAN TO REPLACE WITHERS AS RAMAPO’S DEPUTY SUPERVISOR
At Wednesday’s board meeting Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and the town board voted Councilman Yitzchok Ullman as deputy supervisor, ending Councilman Patrick Withers two-year stint in the position. Withers has butted heads with St. Lawrence at times. He stood alongside former Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman, who passed away in an apparent suicide Friday, in calling […]
Earl Selected 2017 Legislature Chair at 2017 County Reorg
PRESS RELEASE – Toney L. Earl will serve as Chair of the Rockland County Legislature for its 2017 session. Earl (D-Hillcrest) was selected in a unanimous 13-0 vote Wednesday night. “I am so honored by the confidence my colleagues have placed in me by choosing me to serve as Chairman,” Earl said. “It is a […]
OMBUDMSAN ALERT: Be Aware of Unapproved Political Contributions
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, […]