County Executive’s Corner: Moving Forward at Last

By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Now, after 10 months, the Legislature has finally moved on the well-delayed plan to unload the crumbling Sain Building. My administration months ago issued a request for proposals and got a bid for $4.51 million – more than the asking price – to sell this unneeded building that is […]

Loftus for County Court: Local attorney goes full circle

Loftus for County Court: Local attorney goes full circle

BY KATHY KAHN Town of Orangetown Justice Patrick Loftus began his legal career in the District Attorney’s office, eventually branching into a partnership that dealt mainly with civil law. His first love was working on the prosecutorial side of his chosen profession, and so Loftus has thrown his hat into the ring for one of the […]

VOICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY

Keeping Legislative Costs Down By Legislator Jay Hood, Jr. (D – Haverstraw) Vice Chair Rockland County Legislature While governments everywhere continue to try to contain spending each year, especially in the “tax cap” era, in Rockland, we have learned to do more with less. To begin with, our County budget is the lowest it has […]

Rockland Files Second Quarter Report with Comptroller

Day cites Legislature’s decision to delay Sain sale as cause of deficit PRESS RELEASE FROM COUNTY EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE Rockland County has filed its second quarter report to the state Comptroller, which once again shows the strong progress the county is making just three years after earning the shameful designation of most fiscally stressed in the state. […]

OMBUDSMAN ALERT: Science Fair in Danger!

How can we help guarantee the continued success of Rockland County S/I/T Science Fair? BY DR. LOU ALPERT The Science, Invention and Technology Exhibition (S/I/T fair) began in 1986 and is the only Rockland county-wide science fair. It hosts approximately 350 students in grades 5 through 12 each year. The S/I/T Exhibition seeks to foster […]