FROM NYSAC The New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) on Tuesday joined with the New York Community Colleges Association of Presidents (NYCCAP) to call for an increase of $285 per full time equivalent (FTE) for community colleges in the 2016-17 State Budget. Â “Community colleges are the most effective economic and community development solution in […]
PRESS RELEASE Following a press conference held by members of the Assembly Republican Conference in Albany last week, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) is calling for common-sense legislation aimed at relieving thousands of New Yorkers’ student loan debt and reducing the burden on prospective and current college students. The package of bills includes measures to allow […]
Pomona, NY – (2/17/15) – Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) will by joined in studio by East Ramapo Monitor Dennis Walcott, as well as North Rockland Full Day Kindergarten President Jennifer Teichmann on his radio show, The Albany Report, Friday morning starting at 10:10 a.m. on WRCR AM 1700. Senator Carlucci and Dennis will discuss the […]
BY JENNA HUTCHINS County Executive Ed Day detailed his strategy and plans for the future of Rockland in his third State of the County message on Tuesday night. Since taking office in January 2014, Day said his administration has labored to reduce the county’s deficit and to restore fiscal responsibility. In only two years under […]
STATEMENT BY ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES SKOUFIS (D) “[On February 2] the state Assembly took a step toward providing meaningful tax relief for families in the Hudson Valley and throughout our state. Legislation I sponsored (A.9179) was announced to provide middle class New Yorkers who pay some of the highest taxes in the nation with an income […]
BY JENNA HUTCHINS The town of Stony Point may have to find tens of thousands of dollars in their budget to pay for state mandated carbon monoxide detectors in town buildings. Town councilmen expressed their opposition to the mandate at Tuesday night’s board meeting. The unfunded mandate requires the town to install CO detectors in […]