DiNAPOLI: AUDIT FINDS UP TO $12.1 MILLION IN INAPPROPRIATE MEDICAID PAYMENTS FROM COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE

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 […]

9 county legislators sign statement calling for Clarkstown Police Chief Michael Sullivan to be reinstated

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. […]

Clarkstown hires former NYS attorney general to arbitrate Sullivan hearings

Clarkstown hires former NYS attorney general to arbitrate Sullivan hearings

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 […]

Legislature Votes Not to Intervene with Clarkstown Decision over Sullivan

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 […]

ANOTHER RAMAPO MESS: Town Loses Case in Federal Court

ANOTHER RAMAPO MESS: Town Loses Case in Federal Court

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 […]