After negotiations, the Rockland County Legislature has decided to seek bids from all parties interested in purchasing the county-owned Sain Building at 18 New Hempstead Road in New City. County Executive Ed Day had wished to proceed with the current deal on the table for $4.5 million, $500,000 over the projected $4 million sale of […]
By County Executive Ed Day Now, a full nine months after I proposed the sale of the Sain Building as part of this year’s budget, the Rockland County Legislature has finally taken action. A vote at Tuesday’s meeting of the Legislature essentially approved my plan. But with caveats that unnecessarily make the sale harder […]
BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY Rockland County is being asked to pay millions for a water desalination plant that will never be built. The Public Service commission, which is supposed to be the watchdog for consumers, stood by and did nothing as Suez, our water company, spent $54 million on a plant that was […]
By Kathy Kahn Up in the Orange County, a drab 135,000 square foot building off of Neelytown Road is host to one of New York’s five licensed pot-growing operations: Illinois-based PharmaCannis. Put thoughts of “Reefer Madness” out of your mind. Whatever you want to call it—weed, maryjane, pot—cannabis has shown remarkable restorative health qualities for […]
Honoring Those Who Keep Us Free By Legislator Aron B. Wieder (D- Spring Valley) Rockland County Legislature With the 240th anniversary of our independence and freedom upon us, now is the time to celebrate not only what we have, but who we have to thank for it all. Our County is lined with the graves of […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH After years of repeatedly criticizing CNN’s parent company for the network’s liberal bias, the National Center for Public Policy Research flipped the switch at today’s annual meeting of Time Warner investors in Burbank, California, and applauded CNN’s recent efforts to add more conservative commentators to its […]