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 […]
Dear fellow public servants: I find it troubling as to why the County Legislators representing the Town of Ramapo would turn your attention and focus to a disciplinary matter and suspension of Chief Sullivan. This is clearly not a Ramapo affair. As a lifelong Clarkstown resident and now Supervisor of Clarkstown, I find it troubling […]
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. […]
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 […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM SEN. DAVID CARLUCCI New City, NYSenator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced last week that Governor Cuomo signed his bill to extend Lauren’s Law for another four years. Lauren’s Law, which was originally passed in 2012, has significantly increased the number of eligible organ donors in New York State and saved countless lives. The […]
BY VICTORIA TANNER County legislators continued to discuss aspects of the Sain Building, particularly a bond for renovating facilities at the health complex to move county employees, during Tuesday night’s Planning and Public Works committee meeting. The final item on the committee’s agenda was to pass a bond resolution amending a previous one that was […]