Corruption Undermines The Public & Their Government By Legislator Alden H. Wolfe (D – Montebello) Chair, Rockland County Legislature Our government is built on two core foundations – a system of laws, and the public trust. Laws exist to dictate the basic way in which governments are to function, and prescribe the limits of government […]
Trustees say there is no avoiding St. Lawrence’s taint Trustees in the Village of Suffern are in open revolt against Town of Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, officially requesting his resignation from office in a statement sent to the media Friday evening. The trustees, including Mayor Ed Markunas, said federal allegations of wire and securities fraud filed Thursday morning against St. Lawrence ought […]
ED DAY STATEMENT RE: CHRIS ST. LAWRENCE’S STATUS ON COUNTY COMMITTEES I am calling for Ramapo Supervisor Chris St. Lawrence to step down from two other positions of authority he holds in Rockland County: chairman of the Rockland County Sewer District #1 and chairman of the Rockland County Solid Waste Authority. Both are unpaid positions. […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Legislator Jay Hood Jr. said a session is being organized to provide residents and business owners with more information regarding the drinking water violations that have been reported by Suez New York. “The public wants more information and we will work to provide it,” Legislator Hood (D-Haverstraw) said. “I want […]
Pontiff laments society “no longer knows how to deal” with basic questions BY THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. Pope Francis sounded the trumpets this week, warning believers against the precepts of transgender ideology, specifically its claim of fluid sexual identity among children. In his new letter on marriage and the family, Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day There are good reasons why water has been called the most precious resource: without it there are no communities, no businesses, no people, no life. Here in Rockland we are blessed with several water sources, including water from deep underground and water that collects in reservoirs. The people […]