BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman An Update From MIT……… As an MIT Alumnus as well as a former mathematics instructor at that Institution, this Ombudsman is most pleased to share, discuss, and analyze the latest information on the controversial subject of self-driving cars. This information may be found in my December, 2016 copy of the […]
Senator David Carlucci & Advocates Call for Legislation to Address Price Gouging New City, NY — Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) released an alarming report on the price gouging of the life saving drug Naloxone by pharmaceutical companies, “The Price of Saving a Life: How Price Gouging of Naloxone has put New Yorkers at Risk,” at […]
Legislators Back Funding To Pay Local Teens PRESS RELEASE – The Rockland County Legislature has acted to ensure that more than 50 youth participating in a county jobs program continue to earn their modest paychecks through the end of the year. “These jobs are important for our youth, allowing them to earn a paycheck and […]
BY LEGISLATOR PHIL SOSKIN (D-MONSEY) I am always awed by the people I meet and stories I hear each year at the various Veteran’s Day celebrations I attend throughout Rockland. As a veteran myself, Veteran’s Day has always had a profoundly personal meaning to me, and that is why I have always championed veteran causes […]
BY DYLAN BESTLER SPARKILL, NY- The 2016 presidential election has St. Thomas Aquinas College [STAC] students flummoxed. This is the first president election most STAC undergraduate students are allowed to vote in and the consensus of those polled by the Rockland County Times is that Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton both leave much to be desired. After […]