BY DYLAN SKRILOFF As a trend of vandalism and theft of Donald Trump campaign material continues in Rockland County, one New City woman is taking a stand against it. Linda Tirelli is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandal or vandals who defaced three Trump for President lawn signs on her […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Chairman of the Rockland County Legislature Alden Wolfe filed a slander lawsuit this week against County Executive Ed Day over an angry email exchange and the words Day used to describe it on Facebook. County Executive Day confirmed the news when asked about it Wednesday night. He told the Rockland County Times, “I was just served. […]
“Fran Hunter always put the interests of her community first and was always willing to go the extra mile to help anyone in need. This was evident during her years as a teacher and as principal of Eldorado Elementary School. “Fran Hunter had an ability to bridge the gaps between people and truly served as […]
Working For A Better East Ramapo By: Legislator Harriet D. Cornell (D-West Nyack) Following years of efforts and advocacy alongside our state representatives, a more permanent measure of progress was achieved recently when State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia appointed former state education deputy commissioner Charles Szuberla to be the monitor for the East Ramapo Central […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH A Federal Appeals Court has upheld the tactic of pension forfeiture in the fight against political corruption. In United States v. Stevenson, a Bronx Assemblyman was convicted of wire fraud and bribery. He was sentenced in Federal Court to 36 months in prison. The Court also issued an order of forfeiture in […]
PRESS STATEMENT FROM ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES SKOUFIS The Environmental Facilities Corp (EFC) recently announced its second round of NYS Water Grant Program awardees. The single largest beneficiary in the Hudson Valley was the Village of Kiryas Joel which received $23.7 million for its pipeline project: $20.7 million in low-finance loans and $3 million in grants. This […]