The County Executive’s Corner: Pay Up!

By Rockland County Executive Ed Day March 23, 2016 By now you know my administration has taken major steps to restore the Rockland County’s fiscal health. The tough choices we’ve made have changed our downward trajectory. During the past two years, we’ve been successful in building a smarter, leaner, more responsible county government. As we […]

VOICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY

  Leading On East Ramapo By: Legislators Harriet D. Cornell (D-West Nyack) & Nancy Low-Hogan (D-South Nyack) The deteriorating state of the East Ramapo Central School District has been an issue of countywide concern for some time. The need for every child to receive a fair and equal education is a paramount one at the core […]

Rockland is Trump Country: GOP Chair Lawrence Garvey endorses NY real estate magnate Donald J. Trump for president

Frontrunner is currently receiving over 60 percent of New York votes according to recent polls Lawrence Garvey, Chairman of the Rockland County Republican Committee on Thursday officially endorsed Donald J. Trump for president of the United States in the 2016 election. Chairman Garvey stated, “The Republican Presidential Primary process has clearly established Trump as the frontrunner […]

THE FEDS ROCK ROCKLAND

Could there be much more to come? BY CAROL MCILMURRAY ROCKLAND- The Federal Bureau of Investigations came back to Rockland in full force Wednesday. Much-hyped expectations of a roundup of crooked politicians were not met, but only a week and a day after News 12 announced they were tipped by federal sources of looming FBI […]

The County Executive’s Corner: Fighting For East Ramapo

By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I sent a letter today to New York State Senator John Flanagan. In it, I expressed my extreme disappointment with his recent comments regarding the East Ramapo Central School District. Both Senator Flanagan and his colleague, Senator Carl Marcellino, have publicly opposed a monitor with veto power for the […]

MELE’S TAKEAWAY FROM FED ACTIVITY THIS WEEK

In the wake of the FBI raids in the Town on Ramapo this week aimed at yeshivas who allegedly misused federal grant monies, the community with awash in reaction and opinion. Local political candidate, activist and publisher of the Rockland Voice offered his two cents, putting the lack of high profile collars in perspective to […]