PRESS RELEASE FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE Rockland County Executive Ed Day today used the line item veto provision of Rockland County’s Home Rule Charter to strike 22 of 37 amendments made by the Rockland County Legislature to the Administration’s 2016 Executive Budget. The vetoes include Legislative amendments that: Restore 13 Department of General Services security […]
Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) joined pharmacists and health care advocates on Wednesday to urge Naloxone be made available over the counter, through a standing order issued by the State Commissioner of Health. It was recently announced that Naloxone will be made available over the counter without a prescription in New York City pharmacies. While Senator […]
BY MICHAEL VOLPE Several more litigants have stepped forward to complain about State Supreme Court Judge Victor Alfieri’s handling of their cases after an open letter written by Deb Goodman was published in October in the Rockland County Times. Several visits to Alfieri’s court room by the Rockland County Times turned up no evidence of […]
BY JENNA HUTCHINS This week’s Stony Point Town Board meeting started in a unique way and featured many awards and speeches. Instead of beginning the meeting with the pledge of allegiance, the packed room watched a four-minute video clip of Red Skelton’s version of the pledge. In it he details exactly what each word of […]
LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE The Rockland County Legislature has voted 9-8 to adopt an amended 2016 County Budget that sets aside funding for deficit reduction and restores key jobs, among other important changes. “This has been the most challenging budget process I’ve experienced in my time as a County Legislator,” said Legislature Chairman Alden H. Wolfe […]
BY CHRISTIAN HALSTEAD MAHWAH- The town council of Mahway, NJ unanimously decided at a board meeting December 3 to attempt to regulate pipelines passing through its township. This decision was spurred by the Pilgrim Pipeline’s seemingly imminent construction. The Pilgrim Pipeline, a proposed set of two oil pipelines to run from Albany to the Bayway […]