New York state’s Medicaid system made as much as $12.1 million in inappropriate payments during 2015, including $2.3 million for dead patients and millions more for recipients who had been dropped from long term care coverage, according to an audit released Tuesday by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. By the end of audit fieldwork, about […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Nine Democratic members of the Rockland County Legislature today signed a Statement of Support for Clarkstown Police Chief Michael Sullivan claiming his suspension is unwarranted and that he should be reinstated. Legislator Harriet Cornell (D-West Nyack) informed board members and the public that she intended to write a message of support at the Aug. […]
TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN PRESS RELEASE FORMER NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL DENNIS C. VACCO TO BE APPOINTED HEARING OFFICER IN DISCIPLINARY MATTER OF MICHAEL SULLIVAN NEW CITY- The Town Attorney’s office today announced that the Town Board of Clarkstown will appoint the former New York State Attorney General, Dennis C. Vacco, as the hearing officer in the police […]
Three-term Orangetown Supervisor Andy Stewart (D) has announced that he will not be seeking a fourth term in office in 2017. “I believe six years in office is time enough to serve well and accomplish many goals without becoming politically entrenched, and to leave while I am still very excited about the work I do […]
BY VICTORIA TANNER Tensions rose and opinions heard during the Rockland County Legislature’s general body meeting on Tuesday Aug. 2, 2016 over suspended Clarkstown Police Chief Michael Sullivan. Two Ramapo legislators, Ilan Schoenberger and Alden Wolfe, along with Harriet Cornell, proposed legislation in favor of re-instating the police chief. This proposal failed to gain enough […]
Previously unreported story BY JOEL GROSSBARTH The Town of Ramapo has lost another case in federal court that called into question the Town Board’s actions and wasting of town funds. While the town supervisor and other high-ranking town officials are charged with criminal and civil allegations in federal court over the financing of the Ramapo […]