ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES STAFF EDITORIAL New York businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump has shocked the world and maybe even himself, winning the 2016 presidential election Tuesday night. After a long, contentious race, Trump changed his tone in victory from rhetorical bomb thrower to peacemaker, telling the country that he intends to be the president […]
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 […]