BY BETSY MCCAUGHEY Last week, Veterans Affairs got caught covering up the quality ratings of its 146 medical centers. VA Secretary Robert McDonald insists. “No VA medical facility is bad or failing.” Really? Not even a hospital that earns only one star out of five? McDonald denies he’s hiding anything. But he and other VA […]
BY KATHY KAHN The Rockland Legislature held its final public hearing on the proposed 2017 county budget Tuesday night before delving into a two-hour discussion of why funding was restored to dozens of public benefit corporations and 50 vacant county positions the Executive branch had proposed to eliminate were added back. Democrats eliminated a proposed […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Following the Rockland County Times two Ombudsman Alert columns supporting the construction of the “Gateway Tunnel Project” and this column’s campaign to encourage our elected officials to follow the lead of the bipartisan group of New Jersey State senators urging President-Elect Trump to make this project a priority, local officials have […]
ASSEMBLYWOMAN ELLEN JAFFEE PRESS RELEASE – “I am extremely disappointed that the Governor vetoed a bill that is consistent with his stated goal of making local government function more efficiently. My bill would result in more efficient and transparent tax collection and provide a direct savings to taxpayers. The bill would not lead to any […]
By Legislator Alden H. Wolfe (D – Montebello) Chairman Rockland County Legislature The people spoke, and we listened. For the first time since 2007, Rockland County taxpayers will see a drop in the amount they pay for County property taxes, thanks to the 2017 budget that was approved by the County Legislature. This budget […]
PRESS RELEASE – On Wednesday, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) was joined by seniors to announce a newly-enacted law that gives seniors and consumers the tools to fight aggressive telemarketers. S.6809, co-sponsored by Senator Carlucci, requires telemarketers to display their accurate name and phone number. Telemarketers block their information to make it difficult for consumers to report their name […]