By Rockland County Executive Ed Day When my kids were young and I was head of the PTA Health and Safety committee at Little Tor Elementary School, one of my jobs was to stress the importance of bus and pedestrian safety for both children and adults. Now, as County Executive, I’m continuing this effort. Schools […]
9/11: The Next Generation By: Legislator Jay Hood, Jr. (D- Haverstraw) Vice Chair Rockland County Legislature It is difficult to come up with words that have not been used to describe September 11th and its devastating aftermath to our country and county. Fifteen years after that day, a new generation has been born and grown; […]
According to Clarkstown PD between August 1 and August 27 there were 13 complaints to police about Trump signs being stolen or damaged and one report of a Hillary Clinton sign being taken from a resident’s property. During the last presidential election in 2012, over the same period of time zero complaints were recorded by […]
DA’S PRESS RELEASE On September 1, 2016, Samuel “Shmuel” Tress pleaded guilty in the Airmont Justice Court to Official Misconduct, a Class “A” misdemeanor offense after resigning his position as Town Councilman for the Town of Ramapo. His resignation was a condition of his plea agreement with the District Attorney’s Office. He also received a […]
State Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee proposed legislation to fix the controversy over East Ramapo’s Sabrina Charles-Pierre’s school trustee seat. Charles-Pierre’s term was invalidated by the school board after discovering she wasn’t sworn in within 30 days after the May board election results were certified. The Spring Valley NAACP and New York Civil Liberties Union criticized the […]
By: Legislator Toney L. Earl (D- Spring Valley) Majority Leader Rockland County Legislature This weekend marks an annual holiday, the meaning of which, although somewhat lost over time, is as strong as it ever was. The celebration of American workers is the only legal holiday created to honor the tens of millions of hard-working […]