PRESS RELEASE – Conservative Party officials have warned voters in the 98th Assembly District to avoid blindly voting along party lines in the coming November election. Through a write-in campaign, Democrat Aron Wieder (D,C,I) was able to steal the party line from Republican candidate Karl Brabenec (R -Deerpark). Brabenec, the endorsed Conservative Party candidate, will […]
During this budget season, Rockland County Democrats have been anxious to point out that in last year’s (2016) proposed budget County Executive Ed Day included the elimination of two detectives dedicated to investigating Medicaid Fraud. The Legislature reinstated them in their revised budget. It was announced during the course of 2016 that Medicaid costs have […]
The fledgling political career of 25-year-old Republican Joe Chabot is in shambles. Key advisers have ditched him and senior members of his own party have openly endorsed his uber-liberal opponent Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee. Joe’s undoing was a secret tape in which he sounds sympathetic to the agenda of the “bloc vote,” downplaying concerns about blockbusting […]
Rockland County social service worker James Foley has taken down his controversial and influential Block the Bloc Vote Facebook page following requests from county attorneys that he remove content criticizing county politicians, reliable sources in county government have told the Rockland County Times. According to Rockland County’s social media policy, county workers cannot make posts that interfere with their duties […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH Judge Alan Simon has been removed as a judge by the New York Court of Appeals. Simon has been a judge in the Town of Ramapo since 2011, Village of Spring Valley since 2005 and acting judge in the Village of Hillburn since 2016. The Court of Appeals confirmed the decision […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Rockland County wouldn’t be the high-quality place to live without its non-profits. Our non-profit agencies and the dedicated people who run them do everything from feed and clothe the hungry and working poor to providing services for people with disabilities to enhancing the great cultural offerings we all enjoy. […]