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 […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR CARLUCCI On Tuesday, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) joined Rockland BOCES COO Dr. Mary Jean Marsico and Health and Safety Division Director John Gulino, North Rockland Central School District Superintendent Ileana Eckert and South Orangetown School Superintendent Dr. Robert Pritchard to discuss the testing of lead contamination levels in school water. Lead […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Joe Chabot, candidate for Assembly of the 97th District of New York, today released a statement regarding bridge safety, future toll increase and other issues affecting the Tappan Zee Bridge. “Rockland County is a rare gem in the State of New York. Our county has the ultimate suburban feel combined with city […]
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 […]
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 […]