Colin J. Schmitt, candidate for the 99th Assembly District, last week called for the $670 million in mortgage settlement funds set to be received by the State of New York to be utilized to benefit New York State students. Colin Schmitt is specifically calling for the funds to be used to 1) Provide relief to […]
VIETNAM I actually started writing this to let folks know that there’s an event at the Congers Railway Station on May 3, 2016 at 5 p.m. Sean Magee, a local vet, has been working on this program called, “Carry the Load”, which helps us to remember the significance of Memorial Day. BY JERRY DONNELLAN Director, Veterans Service Agency, […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Even now, nearly 20 years later, I can still picture the two tiny bodies huddled in a closet where the toddlershad taken refuge to escape flamesengulfing the locked room. It was 1998 and I was a New York Police Department detective commander in the 47th precinct in the Bronx. […]
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. […]